Senior Facilities Engineer

nerostechnologies; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros is seeking a Senior Facilities Engineer to own the infrastructure supporting manufacturing, labs, and offices. You will drive technical performance, reliability, and long-term planning of electrical distribution, HVAC, exhaust, and utility systems.

Work with Manufacturing and Engineering to scale the factory, define standards, and manage lifecycle maintenance and documentation. Strong technical ownership and field experience are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline.
• 5+ years of facilities engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical performance and reliability of critical facility systems (electrical, HVAC, plumbing, cleanrooms).
• Develop infrastructure concepts and technical scopes for equipment installations and facility upgrades.
• Lead capacity planning across electrical, HVAC, gases, exhaust, and other utilities.
• Develop preventative maintenance strategies and document system ownership.
• Maintain facility Master Layout and CAD documentation including as-built drawings.

Skills

Facilities engineering

Electrical distribution

HVAC systems

Plumbing

Root-cause analysis

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or related

Tools

CAD software (AutoCAD, Revit)

One-line diagrams

MS Office

Job description

Who we are

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.

What you will be doing

As a Senior Facilities Engineer at Neros, you will own the technical performance, reliability, and long-term development of the infrastructure supporting our manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, and office environments. You will be responsible for critical building and process systems including electrical distribution, HVAC and exhaust, compressed air, process gases, plumbing, cleanrooms, laboratories, and other utilities required to support manufacturing operations. You will work closely with Manufacturing and Engineering teams to evaluate new equipment requirements, understand infrastructure capacity, and develop solutions that allow the factory to scale. This role also owns long-term infrastructure planning, preventative maintenance strategy, facility system documentation, and the site Master Layout and as-built CAD. The ideal candidate is highly technical, field-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership of infrastructure problems from initial diagnosis through implementation.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Technical Ownership

• Own the technical performance and reliability of critical facility systems including electrical distribution, switchgear, transformers, panels, HVAC, exhaust, compressed air, process gases, plumbing, cleanrooms, laboratories, and building utilities
• Evaluate facility system capacity, reliability, maintainability, and operational risk; lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for recurring failures
• Establish engineering standards and technical requirements for facility infrastructure
• Support commissioning, planned shutdowns, utility tie-ins, and Methods of Procedure for critical infrastructure work
• Provide engineering support during facility incidents and emergency response

Manufacturing & Equipment Infrastructure

• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Production, EHS, and equipment owners to define infrastructure requirements for new machines, processes, laboratories, and production work centers
• Review equipment requirements including electrical loads, compressed air, process gases, cooling water, HVAC, exhaust, drainage, clearances, and environmental requirements
• Evaluate existing infrastructure capacity and identify upgrades required to support new equipment installations
• Develop infrastructure concepts and technical scopes for machine installations, manufacturing expansions, and facility improvements

Infrastructure Strategy & Capacity Planning

• Develop and maintain the long-range infrastructure strategy supporting manufacturing growth and facility expansion
• Perform capacity planning across electrical, HVAC, compressed air, process gas, exhaust, plumbing, and other critical utility systems
• Develop technical roadmaps for major infrastructure investments including tank farms, compressors, process gas systems, switchgear, electrical distribution, HVAC, exhaust, cleanrooms, and laboratory buildouts
• Identify infrastructure constraints and future capacity requirements before they impact manufacturing operations
• Support capital planning and prioritization of infrastructure investments

Reliability & Preventative Maintenance

• Develop and continuously improve preventative maintenance strategies for critical facility systems
• Establish maintenance requirements, inspection frequencies, spare-part strategies, and system ownership
• Partner with Facilities Technicians and service vendors to execute preventative and corrective maintenance
• Analyze failures, recurring work orders, and equipment condition to improve system reliability and reduce unplanned downtime

Facility Layout & Documentation

• Own and maintain the facility Master Layout and CAD documentation for facility spaces, equipment layouts, and infrastructure
• Maintain utility maps, single-line diagrams, system diagrams, equipment schedules, redlines, and as-built drawings
• Conduct site walks and field verification to ensure documentation reflects actual installed conditions
• Ensure facility modifications and completed projects are incorporated into current as-built documentation

You should have the following

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in facilities engineering, industrial infrastructure, manufac