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Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.\nFACILITIES ENGINEER (STARLINK)\nAs a Facilities Engineer at our Starlink Production facility, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of site operations. You will be responsible for evaluating and improving soft-services and operational support functions site-wide, including fleet, workplace services, space planning, service contracts, utilities, and critical spares. Your expertise will drive continuous improvement initiatives, implement data-driven predictive and preventative maintenance strategies, and build the metrics that quantify the health of Facilities operations. Additionally, you will be tasked with standardizing processes across a rapidly expanding industrial campus, closing workflow gaps at every level of the business, and aligning with maintenance and construction teams at other SpaceX sites to set uniform, high standards, with the goal of creating a world-class facility that can support the mission of connecting people across the globe and enabling life beyond Earth. This position is based in Bastrop, Texas (Greater Austin, TX Area).\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nOptimize site-wide soft-services operations, including fleet, workplace services, and space planning, to improve service levels and cost\nAnalyze site-services contracts (custodial, landscaping, transportation, waste, and similar) for cost, performance, and scope; build a roadmap to improve vendor performance\nOwn the site plan for infrastructure consumables and critical spares to protect equipment availability and accelerate urgent projects\nOwn site-level utility forecasting and help structure contract terms that keep up with rapid facility expansion\nStandardize and integrate the site-wide Building Management System (BMS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) platforms; use the data to implement predictive and preventative maintenance strategies on critical infrastructure\nLead departmental continuous-improvement work, including new process rollouts and standardization\nWork across all levels of the business to map current workflows, find gaps, and put durable solutions in place\nDefine department-level metrics and dashboards that quantify Facilities operations health, reliability, and efficiency\nAlign with maintenance and construction teams at other SpaceX sites to set uniform, high standards\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline\n2+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, or construction (internship experience qualifies)\nPREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:\nExperience in manufacturing operations and/or facilities maintenance\nProficiency in statistics, data analysis, data visualization, and cost-benefit analysis\nExperience with one or more of: CAD, ArcGIS, Archibus, Power BI, Jira, SQL\nExperience using automation or AI tools to improve speed and quality of operational work\nFamiliarity with IoT/OT protocols used in building systems (MQTT, OPC UA)\nExperience with industrial PLCs used in building management systems (Schneider Electric, Beckhoff, Siemens)\nExposure to inventory, production, and capacity planning, including MRP/ERP systems\nFamiliarity with manufacturing and reliability metrics (OEE, availability, MTBF, MTTR)\nStrong written and verbal communication skills; able to turn analysis into a clear recommendation for non-engineering stakeholders\nADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:\nMust be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed, including occasional short-notice domestic travel\nProvide 24/7 on-call support for critical activities and site emergencies\nAbility to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted\nAbility to travel occasionally as required to support project needs\nITAR REQUIREMENTS:\nTo 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. 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