Mechanical Engineer, HVAC (Facilities)
Cape Canaveral, FL · 1+ years experience · Onsite · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Cape Canaveral, FL
About the role
- SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer, HVAC (Facilities) to lead and contribute to the design of HVAC systems for various facilities including offices, hangars, rockets, and customer payload environmental control systems.
- The role involves researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating, and maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet requirements.
Responsibilities
- Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
- Run air conditioning cooling load calculations, heat loss calculations following ASHRAE standards
- Lead and/or contribute to design of HVAC systems for various facilities: office, hangar, rocket, and customer payload environmental control systems
- Design HVAC systems to comply with ANSI/ASHRAE Standards 55, 62.1, 90.1
- Implement and execute HVAC system commissioning in compliance with ASHRAE Guideline 0 and Standard 202
- Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information
- Research and analyze design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications
- Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew
- Develop the mechanical and controls design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 1+ years of professional experience in design and/or maintenance of industrial HVAC systems
- Ability to pass Cape Canaveral Air Force Base background check
Preferred qualifications
- Professional experience with clean-room design and maintenance
- Professional experience with energy modeling and HVAC load calculations
- Previous professional experience with system design, sizing, specification and installation of HVAC chillers, pumps, boilers, air handlers, heat pumps, HEPA filtration and building automation
- Familiarity with HVAC/facility monitoring hardware and software
- Intermediate level of experience with AutoCAD / Revit
Workplace
- Willing to travel to other SpaceX locations as necessary
Skills
- AutoCAD
- Revit
