Sr. Equipment Safety Engineer

SpaceX • Bastrop, TX

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About The Position

SpaceX’s Environmental Health and Safety team is seeking a Senior Equipment Safety Engineer to provide strategic technical oversight of machine and equipment safety across manufacturing and high-hazard operations. The engineer will work with a high degree of autonomy, serve as an equipment and functional safety subject-matter expert to engineering and operations, and strengthen the team’s technical capabilities through mentorship. This is an individual-contributor role; direct people management is not required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a related engineering discipline, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience in machine or equipment safety engineering, including risk assessment and safeguarding, in industrial, manufacturing, or other high-hazard environments.
• Deep working knowledge of OSHA machine-safety requirements, ANSI B11, ISO 13849, and IEC 62061, including functional safety principles.
• Hands-on experience with risk assessment, guarding and interlock design review, lockout/tagout interfaces, and safety-related control-system evaluation, including performance-level or SIL concepts.
• Experience integrating equipment and functional safety into new equipment design and management of change in complex manufacturing environments.
• Ability to review engineering drawings, assess safety-in-design opportunities, and lead technical risk-engineering solutions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering and operations stakeholders without formal people-management authority.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency performing and leading machine safety inspections, ANSI/ISO-aligned assessments, incident investigations, and implementation of engineering controls with limited direction.
• Must be able to work extended hours, weekends, and travel to operational and manufacturing sites as needed.
• Must be able to work in industrial/manufacturing environments and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Must meet the stated U.S. citizenship, permanent-resident, refugee, asylee, or authorization eligibility requirements to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.

Nice To Haves

• CMSE or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
• Professional certification such as CMSE, CSP, or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical oversight of machine and equipment safety programs across manufacturing and high-hazard operations, including risk assessment, safeguarding, and functional safety.
• Lead complex equipment safety assessments, functional safety analyses, and risk-reduction initiatives for new and existing machinery, tooling, and automated systems.
• Own and continuously improve program elements for machine risk assessment, guarding, lockout/tagout and interlock reviews, control-system safety, and related engineering controls.
• Interpret and apply OSHA machine and equipment requirements, ANSI B11, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, and related industry standards; translate requirements into practical guidance for engineering, operations, and management.
• Lead investigations of equipment-related incidents and near-misses, develop corrective and preventive actions, and drive implementation of process and engineering controls.
• Partner with manufacturing, design engineering, purchasing, and project teams to integrate machine and functional safety into equipment designs, installations, modifications, and operations throughout the equipment lifecycle.
• Develop advanced risk-assessment methods, control-system evaluations, and tracking systems, and identify emerging equipment and functional safety risks.
• Manage vendor and contractor support for equipment safety and functional safety studies, and review deliverables for technical quality and alignment with company safety-in-design requirements.
• Develop and maintain site procedures, specifications, and training materials; coach and mentor junior and mid-level engineers on machine and equipment safety practice.
• Partner with EHS leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to execute equipment safety performance and build requirements into company processes.
• Mentor engineers and lead technical work without formal people-management authority.

What This Job Offers

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