Site Infrastructure Operations Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Brownsville, Northern (TX, KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking an Operations Engineer to standardize how infrastructure shops plan, execute, and close work. You will define and improve work-management, ensure commissioning readiness, and drive improvements across Warp, MOC, and safety processes.

The role requires 1+ years in industrial operations, with hands-on CMMS tools experience and the ability to collaborate across technicians, engineers, and leadership. Onsite at Starbase with travel to other sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of professional experience in industrial plant, central plant, utilities, facilities, power generation, process operations, or maintenance engineering.
• Hands-on work management: Warp, Foundation, Maximo, SAP PM, or equivalent CMMS.
• Experience reading P&IDs, electrical one-lines, and OEM manuals, and writing a procedure a technician can follow on night shift.
• Experience commissioning or standing up operational-readiness of new equipment (punch list through first PMs and spare setup).
• Working knowledge of LOTO, MOC, confined space, and energized / pressurized systems.
• Familiarity with at least two of: medium-voltage or industrial electrical; HVAC / BMS; industrial gas or compressed air; water / wastewater; rotating equipment.
• Practical use of SQL, Power BI, scripting, or AI to remove clerk work from WOs, PMs, and reports, with judgment for when the right answer is a technician skill.
• Experience overseeing contractors and vendors on a live industrial site.
• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment, including frequent interactions with technicians, engineers, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Standardize how work is requested, planned, executed, and closed across all infrastructure shops.
• Adopt company and site standards (Warp, Foundation, LOTO, MOC, commissioning turnover) and pull in processes from other SpaceX plants where they fit.
• Choose the fix: software / AI / data, a physical or tooling change, or a personnel skill and behavior standard.
• Define and improve the work-management system: Warp / Foundation work orders, PM and PdM backlog, kitting, as-found / as-left closeout.
• Give shops visibility they can staff against: time estimates vs actuals, remaining hours, and which jobs are blocking a customer.
• Own commissioning and operational-readiness for new or modified systems: punch lists, first PMs, mBOM / spare setup, procedures, and trained turnover to operations.

Skills

Work management

Team collaboration

Industrial operations

SQL literacy

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

Tools

Warp

Foundation

Maximo

SAP PM

CMMS

Job description

SpaceX in Starbase, TX is seeking an Operations Engineer to standardize how infrastructure shops plan, execute, and close work. You will define and improve work-management, ensure commissioning readiness, and drive improvements across Warp, MOC, and safety processes.

The role requires 1+ years in industrial operations, with hands-on CMMS tools experience and the ability to collaborate across technicians, engineers, and leadership. Onsite at Starbase with travel to other sites as needed.