Fire Protection Engineer

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.

FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER

The fire protection engineer provides engineering design support and subject matter expertise 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, fire detection, alarm and sprinkler system design, industrial fire hazards, fire investigation support, and other fire and life safety issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support engineering design, analysis, calculations and specifications for facility fire and life safety systems

• Develop building and fire code compliance documents and fire life safety designs for SpaceX facilities

• Develop AM&M (Alternate Means & Methods) to local AHJ to help with performance-based design criteria to meet intent of code

• Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliances purposes, such as chemical classification, chemical maximum allowable 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline

• 2+ years of experience in the design and construction o

Department: Texas - Construction Projects