SpaceX

Datacenter Development Lead

SpaceX • $120K — $150K *
Bastrop, TX 78602In-Person
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience, or 5+ years without a degree.
  • Licensed real estate agent in CA, WA, TX, and/or FL preferred.
  • Experience with contract management.
  • Familiarity with AI infrastructure demands, such as GPU/TPU clusters.
  • Proven ability to work in fast-paced, mission-driven settings.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee design, installation, and commissioning of datacenter infrastructure for high-performance AI.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to align infrastructure with computational needs.
  • Manage vendor contracts for equipment procurement and installation.
  • Assist in real estate matters, including property identification and lease negotiations.
  • Work with legal and finance on real estate transactions and documentation.
  • Forecast future datacenter capacity requirements for SpaceXAI's initiatives.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI development.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Hands-on role with significant impact on AI infrastructure.
  • Possibility of addressing complex challenges in a mission-driven context.
  • Direct involvement in strategic real estate decisions.
Full Job Description
DATACENTER DEVELOPMENT LEAD

As a Datacenter Development Lead at SpaceXAI, you'll lead the charge at our datacenters, building and maintaining the robust, scalable systems that power our cutting-edge AI workloads. Working onsite with cross-functional teams, you'll oversee the full lifecycle of datacenter infrastructure-from hardware deployment to ongoing optimization-solving complex challenges to ensure high performance and availability. Expect to guide your team, streamline operations, and keep everything running smoothly to fuel our mission of accelerating human scientific discovery through AI.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Oversee the design, installation, and commissioning of datacenter infrastructure, including power, cooling, networking, and compute systems tailored for high-performance AI workloads.
  • Work closely with AI researchers, software engineers, and hardware teams to align infrastructure capabilities with SpaceXAI's computational needs.
  • Coordinate with vendors and contractors to procure equipment, manage installations, and ensure compliance with SpaceXAI's technical and safety standards.
  • Support the facilities team with real estate matters such as identifying prospective properties of interest, negotiating lease and own acquisitions, dispositions (terminations and subleases/assignments), exercising operations and any related matters.
  • Work closely with legal, finance and other related departments to execute real estate transactions, including acceptable terms and conditions, timely and accurate payment, and required document and information delivery.
  • Forecast and plan for future datacenter capacity needs to support SpaceXAI's growing AI initiatives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of professional experience, or 5+ years of professional experience without a degree.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Licensed real estate agent in CA, WA, TX, and/or FL.
  • Contract management experience.
  • Familiarity with the infrastructure demands of AI and machine learning workloads, including GPU/TPU clusters and high-bandwidth networking.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, mission-driven organizations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • This is not a remote or hybrid position and will require relocation if not already local to the Bastrop, TX areas.
  • Position occasionally requires the ability to work extended hours or weekends when needed.


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.
Learn more about SpaceX
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2002
* Ladders Estimates

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