The Boring Company just posted open roles at its Global Operations Control Center in Bastrop, Texas — the nerve center that keeps boring machines running around the clock across multiple continents. The hiring push signals that TBC's operational footprint is growing fast, with Dubai joining an already active roster of U.S. projects. Here's what you need to know.
1. Bastrop, Texas Is the Brain of the Entire Operation
The Global Operations Control Center isn't just a hiring location — it's where TBC's entire tunneling network is monitored and managed. Bastrop serves as The Boring Company's headquarters, engineering base, and R&D hub. Active tunneling is already underway there, with machines boring through sandy clay. Prufrock 5, 6, and 7 are reportedly being assembled at the Bastrop factory, meaning this site is simultaneously building and operating the machines it monitors globally.
2. Las Vegas Remains the Most Mature Project — and It's Still Expanding
The Vegas Loop is TBC's flagship deployment, with 11 operational stations and over 4 million passengers transported to date. Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have approved a massive network expansion: 68 miles of tunnel and 104 stations, capable of handling up to 90,000 passengers per hour. As recently as March 2026, a Prufrock-2 machine completed a 2.28-mile tunnel segment — the longest single Vegas Loop drive on record. The Bastrop control center monitors all of it, continuously.
3. Nashville's Music City Loop Is Now in Active Boring
Construction on the Music City Loop is underway, with Prufrock-MB2 having completed commissioning and joining MB1 in active mining operations through Nashville's limestone geology. According to previous project timelines, tunneling was slated to begin in Q4 2025 with a target operational date in the first half of 2027. The Bastrop team now has two machines to watch in Tennessee, adding to the real-time complexity the control center manages.
4. Dubai Is Next — and It Marks TBC's First International Project
The announcement specifically calls out Dubai as a coming addition to the control center's monitoring scope. This would be The Boring Company's first operational project outside the United States, a significant milestone for the company's international ambitions. No tunnel details have been officially confirmed yet, but the fact that Bastrop is already being staffed to support Dubai operations suggests the project timeline is firm enough to hire against now.
5. The Hiring Push Covers a Wide Range of Technical Roles
TBC isn't just filling one or two seats. Open positions in Bastrop span Operations Engineers, Senior Test and Reliability Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and various integration and technical roles. The 24/7 nature of the control center means the company needs full shift coverage — a staffing model that reflects how seriously TBC is treating continuous uptime across its growing tunnel network. If you're an engineer looking to work on infrastructure at this scale, the application link was posted directly by the company.
The Global Operations Control Center is quietly becoming one of the more interesting engineering hubs in the country — a single room in central Texas responsible for tunnels in Nevada, Tennessee, and soon the Middle East. As the Prufrock machine generation scales and more city contracts come online, the Bastrop team's remit will only grow. Worth watching which city gets announced next.
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