Mechanical Infrastructure Engineer - High-Impact MEP Lead

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP

Brownsville (TX)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 135,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure in Texas to support the Starbase facilities and GSE, building a high-volume rocket factory on a desolate beach site. This hands-on role blends design, coordination, and field execution with cross-department collaboration.

You will lead MEP design, manage budgets and schedules, review drawings, and supervise construction activities to ensure regulatory compliance and on-time delivery, while solving field issues with strong communication and

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical, civil, electrical, or structural engineering.
  • 1+ years of experience creating structural, civil, or MEP construction documents including plans, elevations, sections, and details.

Responsibilities

  • Lead MEP design and coordination for residential, commercial, and industrial projects
  • Partner with cross-departmental teams to define requirements and derive design details
  • Prepare and review design drawings and documents for mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems and specifications for a variety of engineering projects
  • Manage construction activities related to MEP systems, ensuring compliance with applicable codes, standards, and project requirements
  • Use construction/engineering knowledge to expedite the design process and solve conflicts during construction
  • Write and manage construction contracts with subcontractors across multiple disciplines through contract close-out
  • Perform project control tasks, including project scheduling, budgeting, and cost control
  • Resolve design and construction conflicts in the field in real time
  • Oversee and own full lifecycle of tasks and/or projects to achieve on-time and under budget delivery with customer satisfaction
  • Manage tools and folder systems relating to the organization of our construction projects
  • Provide budgetary costs based upon the preliminary scope of the project
  • Gather proposals from architects, engineers and contractors; assign contracts upon receipt of all proposals
  • Develop the final cost and schedule for the project, and implement controls as needed to manage cost, schedule and scope
  • Facilitate city, county, and governmental approvals
  • Coordinate project implementation and track project status
  • Work with the facilities team and customers in order to operationalize the post-construction building operations and maintenance functions
  • Coordinate with customer and facilities teams for building operations and maintenance
  • Manage night shift contractors as project work requires
  • Take on new projects ad-hoc as the business needs
  • Coordinate permit acquisition/closeout with permitting team

Skills

Project management
Extreme ownership
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Blueprint reading
Communication skills
Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical, civil, electrical, or structural engineering

Tools

AutoCAD
Revit
MEP design software

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure in Texas to support the Starbase facilities and GSE, building a high-volume rocket factory on a desolate beach site. This hands-on role blends design, coordination, and field execution with cross-department collaboration.

You will lead MEP design, manage budgets and schedules, review drawings, and supervise construction activities to ensure regulatory compliance and on-time delivery, while solving field issues with strong communication and

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