# Facilities Engineer

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000-$155,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

As a Facilities Engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for the design, modification, and maintenance of existing and new facilities infrastructure at historic Pier 70 in San Francisco.

Role:

- Own the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of facility infrastructure supporting spacecraft manufacturing, including HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, liquid nitrogen, process cooling water, and other building utility systems.

- Lead capital improvement projects from concept through commissioning, including facility expansions, equipment installations, infrastructure upgrades, contractor coordination, budgeting, and schedule management.

- Partner with Manufacturing, Environmental Test, and various other teams to build out the factory in a scalable way.

- Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for facility systems utilizing a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), driving improvements in equipment uptime, asset lifecycle, and maintenance efficiency.

- Implement and monitor facility performance metrics, including energy usage, utility capacity, equipment reliability, and maintenance targets, identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime.

- Create and maintain engineering documentation, including utility layouts, standard operating procedures, infrastructure specifications, as-built drawings, and equipment records to support long-term facility operations.

- Own the factory-wide master layout.

- Manage outside contractors, vendors, and engineering consultants for large infrastructure projects.

- Maintain Environmental Health & Safety compliance with OSHA, NFPA, environmental regulations, and internal safety requirements.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase the reliability, maintainability, and scalability of Astranis' manufacturing facilities to support rapid production growth.

- Investigate incidents, injuries, and near misses; perform root cause analyses and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.

- Oversee hazardous waste programs, including storage, handling, transportation, and disposal in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Facilities Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent technical degree.

- 3+ years of experience working as a Facilities Engineer in a manufacturing environment.

- Knowledge of and the ability to execute large infrastructure upgrades, including HVAC, plumbing, and/or electrical systems.

- Strong organizational and structured project management skills.

- Must be onsite 5 days a week.

Bonus:

- Experience designing and building cleanrooms.

- Experience designing factory infrastructure for aerospace or equivalent industries.

- Design experience using AutoCAD or equivalent software.

- Experience programming and operating digital Building Management Systems (BMS).

- Prior experience implementing a new CMMS.

- Experience managing an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) program.

What we offer:

- Base pay: $125,000-$155,000 USD

- Equity package via incentive stock options

- High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals

## Skills

### Required
- Facilities Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Physics
- Project Management
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Electrical Systems
- CMMS
- AutoCAD
- Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)

### Nice to have
- Cleanroom design
- Factory infrastructure design
- Aerospace industry experience
- Digital Building Management Systems (BMS)
- CMMS implementation
- EHS program management

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