Fire Protection Engineer

As a member of the HQ construction team, you will design, build, and activate some of the world’s most technically advanced manufacturing facilities. As a member of the critical construction and facilities infrastructure team, you will design, build and maintain fire protection and life safety systems. You will be the subject matter expert in the following areas: fire protection, life safety, building and fire codes, fire hazard and risk assessment of materials and processes, fire and smoke spread, industrial fire hazards, fire investigation support, and other fire and life safety issues. You will be able to operate with autonomy to solve diverse and complex problems, excel at managing multiple projects at a time and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will work with other construction engineers, architects and internal customers to support these goals and have the opportunity to drive real global impact, ultimately leading to making life multiplanetary. The position is based in Hawthorne, CA.

• →Support engineering design, analysis, calculations and specifications for facility infrastructure fire and life safety systems
• →Develop building and fire code compliance documents and fire life safety designs for SpaceX launch and production facilities
• →Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliances purposes, such as chemical classification, chemical quantity analysis, chemical inventory management, and related system design support
• →Support facility construction teams to develop field solutions
• →Support commissioning activities during pre-test and AHJ testing phases for launch site facility builds
• →Conduct fire/life safety code reviews and analyses
• →Prepare and present technical reports and presentations
• →Review and comment on shop drawing design packages developed by contractors
• →Develop AM&M (Alternate Means & Methods) to local AHJ to help with performance-based design criteria to meet intent of code

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline 
• 1+ years of experience in the design and construction of fire protection systems and/or fire protection consulting

• Degree in fire protection engineering
• Professional Engineer License (P.E.)
• Working knowledge of Building & Fire Codes and NFPA Codes & Standards
• NICET certification in relevant fire protection programs
• Ability to lead project design teams
• Knowledgeable in OSHA compliance
• FDS software modeling capabilities
• Construction, facility management or consulting engineering experience
• Proficient in Autodesk Revit

• This is not a remote or hybrid position and will require relocation if not already local to the Hawthorne, CA area
• Position occasionally requires the ability to work extended hours or weekends when needed
• Ability to travel to other SpaceX offices as needed

• 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.

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