Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Joblaze summary
The Operations Engineer for Spaceport Operations at SpaceX plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency of residential facilities and city infrastructure at Starbase. This position requires a solid foundation in engineering, with a focus on data analysis and process optimization, utilizing tools like SQL and Python to drive improvements. Ideal candidates will have a background in engineering or operations, along with experience in cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving. The role is set within a rapidly growing team dedicated to supporting SpaceX's ambitious goal of making humanity multiplanetary.
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Quick facts
- Is the Operations Engineer, Spaceport Operations role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Starbase, TX.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Operations Engineer, Spaceport Operations role.
- Where is the role based?
- SpaceX is hiring for this position in Starbase, TX.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python.
- Does SpaceX sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- SpaceX targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Operations Engineer, Spaceport Operations role at SpaceX.
From the original posting
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.
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
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 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)
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 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
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as 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. § 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.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.