Sr. Electrical Design Engineer (PE)

SpaceX; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX's Starbase site is seeking a licensed Professional Engineer to own utility-scale electrical design, including transmission lines, substations, and generation facilities, from concept through commissioning.

You will direct large EPC efforts, develop standards, and mentor engineers while ensuring constructible, compliant designs aligned with ERCOT interconnection requirements. This role demands leadership across disciplines and a hands-on approach to complex infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or other engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license with stamping capability.
• 8+ years in electric utility engineering with design, specs, and permitting.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary technical owner for transmission and generation design packages.
• Direct large EPC efforts for high-voltage transmission, substations, and generation facilities.
• Develop standards, templates, and checklists for constructible, code-compliant documents.
• Provide readiness assessments on design maturity, long-lead equipment, and sequencing.
• Own construction-phase technical interface and support commissioning.
• Interface with utilities, ERCOT processes, and authorities on interconnection and permitting.
• Resolve cross-discipline issues and mentor engineers while enforcing standards.

Skills

Electrical design leadership

Transmission engineering

Project management

Mentoring engineers

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

AutoCAD

PLS-CADD

ETAP

SKM

ASPEN

Document management systems

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (PE)

SpaceX's Starbase launch facilities are the center of SpaceX's plans to revolutionise space travel, serving as our primary site for Starship development and operations. We're seeking a licensed Professional Engineer with extensive experience on large EPC builds of both electrical transmission and generation infrastructure. In this role, you will own utility-scale power projects at Starbase - transmission lines, substations, and generation facilities - advising internal teams, engineering firms, and EPC contractors so designs are constructible, compliant, and ready on the timeline the site requires.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as the primary technical owner and reviewer for transmission and generation design packages - plans, specifications, and construction documents - produced by internal teams, engineering firms, and EPC contractors, and confirm they are ready to issue for procurement and construction
• Direct large EPC efforts covering high-voltage transmission (lines, structures, and rights-of-way), transmission substations and switchyards, and generation facilities (plant, balance of plant, and grid interconnection), from concept and studies through detailed design, procurement support, construction, and commissioning
• Develop standardized design criteria, specifications, drawing templates, and review checklists so engineers and consultants produce consistent, constructible, code-compliant documents
• Give project managers and leadership a clear readiness call on design maturity, long-lead equipment, permitting, constructibility, and construction sequencing, and surface schedule risk early
• Own the construction-phase technical interface: respond to RFIs, disposition field changes, direct contractors and vendors on technical issues, and support commissioning through turnover
• Interface with electric utilities, transmission providers, ERCOT processes as applicable, and authorities having jurisdiction on interconnection, routing, permitting, and compliance
• Resolve technical issues across civil, structural, electrical, protection and controls, and mechanical disciplines, and push designs that are safe, reliable, and fast to build
• Stay current on the NESC, NEC, IEEE, NFPA, and Texas utility practice; fold lessons from construction and commissioning back into standards; and mentor engineers while holding consultants and contractors to that same bar

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or other engineering discipline
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license, with the ability to stamp and certify electrical plans
• 8+ years of experience in electric utility engineering, including technical leadership of design, specification development, and permitting or interconnection

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive, hands-on experience on large EPC builds of both electrical transmission and electrical generation. Transmission experience must include lines and substations at transmission voltage. Generation experience must include utility-scale plant facilities and grid interconnection. Prior work should be at a scale comparable to multi-mile transmission, transmission-voltage substations, and utility-scale generation
• Record of taking those projects through detailed design, equipment specification and procurement support, construction support, and commissioning. Distribution-only work, studies without EPC delivery, or experience in only transmission or only generation does not meet this requirement
• Manager-level experience - for example as a design manager, engineering manager, or project engineering manager - at an engineering or EPC firm hired by electric utilities (investor-owned, municipal, cooperative, or independent power producers) to design and build large-scale transmission and generation systems
• Direct responsibility for transmission at 69 kV and above, including line design and substation or switchyard design (air-insulated and/or gas-insulated)
• Direct responsibility for utility-scale generation and balance of plant, such as simple-cycle or combined-cycle gas plants or other large generation, including interconnection to the transmission system
• ERCOT & MISO interconnection experience and familiarity with Texas and Louisiana coastal design conditions, including high wind, corrosion, and flooding
• Depth in protection and controls, grounding, and substation physical and electrical design, in addition to project leadership
• Proficiency with the tools used to produce and check this work, such as AutoCAD, PLS-CADD or an equivalent line-design package, substation physical design tools, and ETAP, SKM, ASPEN, or similar study software, plus document management systems
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