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Sr. Fire Protection Engineer

SpaceX· EHS - Bastrop
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Fire Protection Engineer providing advanced design and operations support in fire protection, life safety, code compliance, hazard assessment, and fire protection systems for SpaceX facilities, including large-scale manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead 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 support performance-based design criteria that meet the intent of code
  • Perform and oversee hazardous material analysis for code compliance, including chemical classification, chemical maximum allowable quantity analysis, chemical inventory management, and related system design support
  • Support facility construction and operations teams to develop field solutions and resolve technical issues
  • Support and lead aspects of 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/engineering firms
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to project team leadership

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years of experience in the design and construction of fire protection systems and/or fire protection consulting

Skills

Required:Fire protection designCode complianceHazardous materials analysis
Nice to have:Project leadership
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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