The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Build, lead, and develop a multi-disciplinary power plant team spanning gas: turbines, mechanical and electrical balance of plant, controls, and commissioning
Own the full lifecycle of gas turbine power generation assets: installation, commissioning, startup, operations, and long-term maintenance — and be accountable for plant availability, reliability, and performance
Set technical direction and execution plans for commissioning, including: combustion tuning, control system checkout, protective relay testing, and performance/reliability run verification
Own root-cause analysis and corrective action for turbine trips, forced: outages, and performance degradation; drive fixes that prevent recurrence and hold the team to a no-repeat standard
Establish and continuously improve operating procedures, startup/shutdown: sequences, and abnormal operating condition playbooks
Serve as the primary technical and commercial interface with OEMs (GE,: Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, Doosan) on warranty issues, LTSA scope, outage planning, and technical issues
What they're looking for
- Plan, staff, and execute major/minor inspections, hot gas path outages, and: combustion inspections in line with OEM maintenance intervals; own outage cost, duration, and quality of return-to-service
- Drive turbine performance analysis (heat rate, capacity factor, degradation: curves) to identify efficiency losses and convert findings into funded corrective action
- Coordinate across balance-of-plant teams (HRSG, steam turbine, cooling: systems, water treatment) to deliver integrated plant performance, not siloed subsystem success
- Own the construction-to-operations handoff with EPC contractors; ensure a: clean transition from construction to commercial operation
