Senior Electrical Construction Lead & BESS

SpaceX; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Electrical Construction Project Engineer for the Starbase site in Texas to design, build, and activate critical electrical infrastructure—from high-voltage substations to low-voltage racks and BESS—to power Starship production, test, and launch operations.

You will oversee full project lifecycles, manage multi-discipline teams, and coordinate with contractors, utilities, and internal customers to ensure on-time, under-budget delivery in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power systems engineering, or a related field (civil, mechanical, or construction management with strong electrical experience also considered).
• 5+ years of professional experience in electrical construction, power systems engineering, substations, industrial/manufacturing electrical infrastructure, BESS, or facilities electrical management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and own the full lifecycle of electrical construction projects (high-voltage substations, transformers, switchgear, BESS, production and launch-site power distribution, UPS, generators, and low-voltage systems) with on-time and under-budget delivery.
• Manage all aspects of multi-discipline electrical construction projects in the field and office; act as overall construction project manager and extreme owner
• Perform project control tasks including electrical project scheduling, cost control, and commissioning coordination
• Interact with electrical contractors, fabricators, OEMs, utilities, and internal customers
• Resolve design and construction conflicts in the field in real-time, including high-voltage, medium-voltage, and low-voltage systems
• Provide budgetary costs based upon the preliminary electrical scope of the project
• Gather proposals from electrical engineers, contractors, and vendors; assign contracts upon receipt of all proposals
• Facilitate city, county, utility, and governmental approvals (including interconnection, permitting, and environmental)
• Coordinate project implementation, equipment delivery, installation, testing, and track project status through energization and turnover
• Coordinate with end users, facilities, and operations teams for building electrical operations, maintenance, and BESS/facility power reliability
• Develop tools and approaches to supporting electrical space allocation, power capacity planning, and load growth across the Starbase site
• Coordinate electrical real-estate and utility planning functions as needed
• Take on new electrical infrastructure projects ad-hoc as the business needs

Skills

High-voltage

Medium-voltage distribution

Low-voltage systems

Project management

Construction management

BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems)

Electrical coordination

PE License (Electrical)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Electrical Construction Project Engineer for the Starbase site in Texas to design, build, and activate critical electrical infrastructure—from high-voltage substations to low-voltage racks and BESS—to power Starship production, test, and launch operations.

You will oversee full project lifecycles, manage multi-discipline teams, and coordinate with contractors, utilities, and internal customers to ensure on-time, under-budget delivery in a dynamic environment.