OT Systems Engineer: Propellant Generation & Industrial

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an OT Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and support next‑generation OT environments for plant and launch systems. You will integrate IT and OT technologies, focusing on security, reliability, and scalable industrial platforms across multiple sites.

The role requires strong scripting, IaC, and DevOps experience, with duties including incident response, changes, and collaboration with controls engineering teams. On‑site work at aerospace facilities is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline; 3+ years of OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration, or 5+ years in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with multiple industry standard controls software platforms and tools.
• Experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting OT environments in high‑reliability settings.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and augment OT environments to support plant and launch systems across sites.
• Install, configure, maintain, and support controls software platforms and HMIs.
• Integrate IT technologies to improve security and scalability of industrial environments.
• Provide support during launch, test, and production campaigns.
• Perform system upgrades and maintenance, including after hours as needed.
• Proactively monitor services and respond to incidents to maintain high availability.

Skills

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python)

DevOps / IaC

Communication

Project management

OT cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / other STEM

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Active Directory

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an OT Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and support next‑generation OT environments for plant and launch systems. You will integrate IT and OT technologies, focusing on security, reliability, and scalable industrial platforms across multiple sites.

The role requires strong scripting, IaC, and DevOps experience, with duties including incident response, changes, and collaboration with controls engineering teams. On‑site work at aerospace facilities is expected.