Operations Engineer, Spaceport Operations

SpaceX

About The Position

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. OPERATIONS ENGINEER, SPACEPORT OPERATIONS The city of Starbase, incorporated in 2025, is a critical component of SpaceX’s mission to make humanity multiplanetary, housing hundreds of employees and their families, and rapidly expanding. The Spaceport Facilities team manages the development and continuous improvement of residential housing, community amenities, schools, shared spaces, and related facilities. In this role, the Operations Engineer will support the team through data optimization, strategic planning, process optimization, and resource alignment to build and maintain effective residential facilities and city infrastructure.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
2+ years of experience working in engineering, operations, manufacturing, or facilities management (internships or school projects do apply)
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. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Nice To Haves

Experience driving cross-functional product/tool/process improvement efforts
Experience in an operations engineering and/or process development role internal to SpaceX
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work in fast-paced, high-stress environments
Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
Experience leading cross-functional groups
Experience with Lean principles and structured problem-solving/project-management methodologies
Experience building reporting tools using SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or similar
Demonstrated ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders in higher-level leadership

Responsibilities

Proactively identify operational challenges/inefficiencies within the Starbase Facilities organization, determine root cause, and develop appropriate solutions
Improve data foundation by identifying deficiencies in current data capture
Build and design data analyses, and extract actionable insights to inform decision-making across land development, maintenance, facilities, and transportation
Partner with key stakeholders across SpaceX to solve facilities-related challenges
Provide updates to cross-functional groups and recommend strategic solutions for the broader business
Address top priorities of the Spaceport Operations function by monitoring and actioning impactful requests and by driving success on strategic projects
Partner with software development resources
Overseeing contract services across the site
Review/manage/execute large contracts

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