AI Infrastructure Network Engineer — Secure Data Center

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX's Starshield team seeks a Network Engineer to own the design and deployment of the Starshield data center network that supports national security missions. You will work with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve performance, reliability, and security of AI cluster interconnects.

This role requires a Bachelor's or equivalent networking experience, hands-on hardware deployment, and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline or 4+ years of professional networking experience.
• 1+ year of networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions and/or cloud and GPU networks (internship/co-op experience qualifies)
• Hands on experience with the deployment of networking hardware (routers, modems, switch, firewalls, etc.)

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Networking experience

Hardware deployment

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline

Master’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline

Job description

SpaceX's Starshield team seeks a Network Engineer to own the design and deployment of the Starshield data center network that supports national security missions. You will work with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve performance, reliability, and security of AI cluster interconnects.

This role requires a Bachelor's or equivalent networking experience, hands-on hardware deployment, and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.