SpaceX

Civil Engineer

SpaceX$80K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in industrial, civil, electrical, or other engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience in civil engineering, manufacturing, or industrial project management
  • Direct field experience with day-to-day management on a construction site
  • Experience in conceptual design and budgeting
  • Competency with CAD programs (AutoCAD, Revit, Siemens NX, BIM/Navisworks or similar)

Responsibilities

  • Lead a project team of engineers, consultants, and contractors throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction process
  • Manage the design, development, and issuance of project documentation
  • Write and manage construction contracts with subcontractors from design through activation
  • Ensure accurate budgeting and cost forecasting
  • Develop and manage production strategies to improve quality and cost efficiency
  • Define new business processes for high-volume production
  • Coordinate and schedule work with internal and external teams
  • Assist in identifying trends and opportunities for optimizing production and quality

Benefits

  • Opportunity to drive positive change and own projects from start to finish
  • Work with elite engineers across multiple disciplines
  • Contributions to world-class test facility development
  • Engage in hands-on construction and renovation projects
  • Collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders
  • Exposure to manufacturing processes and production strategies
Full Job Description
CIVIL ENGINEER

As a civil engineer on the Texas Construction Projects team, you will work with a group of elite engineers across multiple disciplines to design, build, and activate infrastructure for a variety of projects at the McGregor rocket development and test facility. This is a hands-on role responsible for planning and executing new facility construction and renovation projects, with an emphasis on heavy civil and utility components. You will work with construction project managers, facility engineers, designers, vendors, and internal partners/customers to support these goals. You will have the opportunity to drive positive change and own projects from start to finish to make the SpaceX campus a world-class test facility.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Lead a project team of engineers, consultants, and contractors throughout the engineering, procurement, and construction process
  • Manage the design, development, and issuance of drawings, documentation, and reports for manufacturing line projects
  • Write, negotiate, and manage construction contracts with subcontractors across multiple disciplines from conceptual design through close-out and activation
  • Accountable for accurate budgeting and cost forecasting
  • Work as part of a team to develop and manage production strategies to mitigate future production risks and seize emerging opportunities to improve quality, output, safety, and cost
  • Define new business processes and systems for high-volume production, including manufacturing execution, inventory management, nonconformance resolution, configuration management, material traceability, process control, and maintenance
  • Coordinate and schedule work with internal SpaceX teams and external general/sub-contractors
  • Assist the production/engineering leadership team to identify trends, opportunities, and best practices for optimizing product output, quality enhancements, and cost of manufacturability by spending time on the production floor

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in industrial, civil, electrical, or other engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience in civil engineering, manufacturing, or industrial project management

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Direct field experience with day-to-day management on a construction site
  • Experience in conceptual design and budgeting
  • Experience with general mechanical, fluids, and heavy hydronics construction
  • Experience in managing the engineering, procurement, and construction process for manufacturing-type projects
  • Experience creating and implementing process/design solutions with minimal impact on business operations
  • High volume production experience (electronics, automotive or similar)
  • Competency with CAD programs (AutoCAD, Revit, Siemens NX, BIM/Navisworks or similar)
  • Experience supporting production start-up and production ramp periods
  • Ability to identify customer needs, gather requirements, and execute independently


ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
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Founded
2002

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