Facilities Operations Technician
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
Funding history
About SpaceXAI
SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will operate, inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair critical mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems at a data center. You will ensure safety and environmental compliance, manage spare parts and shutdowns, monitor energy, and support equipment commissioning and functional testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, or 2+ years of hands-on operations or facilities experience in lieu of a degree
- Knowledge of mechanical or electrical engineering principles and systems
- Knowledge of critical-systems documentation, plans, procedures, and operations manuals
- Knowledge of building and electrical power monitoring systems
- Troubleshooting skills
- Experience with PLC-based control systems or building management systems
- English technical writing and communication skills
- Ability to meet stated physical requirements
- Availability for flexible 24x7 shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Willingness to travel up to 10%
- Valid driver’s license
Responsibilities
- Ensure MEP infrastructure safety and environmental compliance
- Operate MEP systems at the data center
- Inspect facility areas and report issues
- Write and execute MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs
- Perform daily inspections of critical systems
- Maintain spare-parts inventory
- Coordinate scheduled system shutdowns
- Develop and implement energy-monitoring metrics
- Support commissioning, equipment startup, functional testing, and construction monitoring