AI Infra Network Engineer — Data Center & GPU Clusters

SpaceX; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Bonuses

Medical, Vision & Dental

401(k)

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead the operation and deployment of the Starshield data center network, enabling secure access to space and advanced AI workloads.

You will design high-speed connectivity, improve performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale 100k+ GPU clusters while maintaining security and reliability. Expect travel, on-call rotations, and possible extended hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of professional networking experience.
• 1+ year of networking experience deploying enterprise/networking solutions or GPU networks.
• Layer-1 experience (DWDM, optical fiber, etc.).
• Hands-on deployment of networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls).
• Preferred: Master's degree; deep datacenter networking knowledge; security functions; Top Secret clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical connections for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML teams to map workload patterns to topology and optical reconfigurability needs.
• Contribute to tools for rapid deployments (ZTP / custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using metrics, capacity planning, and remediation.
• Assist in capacity augmentation and network optimization deployments.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve Starshield design.
• Assist in updating system configuration and firmware.
• Build automation for network devices and deployment tools.

Skills

Networking

Layer-1

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical or engineering discipline

Master's degree in a technical or engineering discipline

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead the operation and deployment of the Starshield data center network, enabling secure access to space and advanced AI workloads.

You will design high-speed connectivity, improve performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale 100k+ GPU clusters while maintaining security and reliability. Expect travel, on-call rotations, and possible extended hours.