Process Safety Engineer

SpaceX • College Station, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX’s Terafab Environmental Health & Safety team in College Station, Texas, is hiring a Process Safety Engineer to establish process safety parameters for advanced technologies and manufacturing processes. The engineer will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and serve as a process safety subject-matter expert for Terafab stakeholders.

The role focuses on hazard analysis and risk controls for chemical and nanotechnology systems, process equipment, and safety-critical instrumentation. It also includes implementing a Process Safety Management program and ensuring compliance with its requirements. This is an onsite position in College Station; relocation is required if the candidate is not already local. The position may occasionally require extended hours and weekend work. Applicants must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in process safety or chemical engineering.
• At least 3 years of experience with design and commissioning of chemical systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
• Must work onsite in College Station, Texas; relocation is required if not already local.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends occasionally when needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in chemical engineering.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, equipment datasheets, and instrumentation diagrams.
• Experience reviewing safety control circuits and calculating safety performance levels.
• Experience designing and commissioning process systems for strong acids and bases, pyrophoric and flammable gases, and exotic semiconductor chemistries.
• Advanced understanding of industry codes, standards, and practices such as ASME, NFPA, ANSI, IBC/IFC, and RAGAGEP.
• Knowledge of quality tools, including lean manufacturing principles, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, PFMEA, control plans, What-if evaluations, and problem-solving approaches.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Enthusiasm for the missions of enabling global internet connectivity and multi-planetary life.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) of advanced chemical and nanotechnology systems and recommend controls to manage risks to the lowest extent practicable.
• Evaluate equipment overpressure and overtemperature scenarios, exhaust and chemical delivery systems, and chemical-heavy processes.
• Perform or oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), risk assessments, and hazard analyses for complex process equipment.
• Implement and field-validate safety-critical instrumentation, controls, and interlocks during Safety Level 1–3 and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs).
• Implement a Process Safety Management (PSM) program and ensure compliance with all PSM pillars.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level