- Robot type
- Marine and Space
- Location
- Los AngelesCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Aug 13, 2026
- Salary
- $150,000–$200,000 a year
Full-time
Head of Facilities
Job description
As Head of Facilities, you will build the physical foundation for GITAI’s next stage of growth, owning the infrastructure that enables us to scale engineering, manufacturing, integration, and testing across our offices, manufacturing environments, remote test sites, and facilities supporting U.S. government programs. This is initially a senior individual-contributor role with no direct reports. You will work directly with Engineering and Operations leadership and serve as the central owner across internal teams, contractors, consultants, landlords, utilities, regulatory authorities, government stakeholders, and security teams.
Job requirements
- 8+ years of experience in facilities, construction, industrial infrastructure, facilities engineering, manufacturing operations, or a closely related field.
- Experience owning significant facility buildouts, expansions, relocations, test-site development, or infrastructure projects in a technically demanding environment such as aerospace, defense, propulsion, robotics,…
- Strong practical understanding of industrial building infrastructure and facility development, including electrical power, HVAC, utilities, building systems, permitting, inspections, and construction.
- Demonstrated experience navigating permits, regulations, and approval processes for technically complex facilities.
- Demonstrated experience developing, modifying, or operating facilities subject to U.S. government security requirements, including classified or cleared work environments, physical security requirements, controlled…
- Strong judgment under ambiguity. You can separate the real requirement from assumptions and turn incomplete engineering or operational needs into a practical solution.
- Strong commercial and execution judgment across scopes of work, budgets, schedules, contractor selection, negotiations, and project delivery.
- A hands-on operating style. You actively seek primary information and are comfortable moving between executive-level decisions, regulatory and security discussions, contractor coordination, and physical problems on the…