Network Engineer: AI Infra for High-Speed Clusters

SpaceX; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Bonuses

Medical benefits

401(k)

Paid vacation

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer for the Starshield AI infrastructure, focusing on building and operating the data center network for national security missions. You will design high-speed interconnects for AI clusters and collaborate with ML teams to translate workloads into concrete topology.

The role emphasizes security, reliability, and scalable deployments. You will work with hardware, software, and network engineers to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline or 4+ years of professional networking experience.
• 1+ year of networking experience deploying enterprise networking solutions and/or cloud and GPU networks.
• Hands-on experience deploying networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls).

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical connectivity for AI clusters.
• Collaborate with ML teams to map workloads to interconnect topology.
• Develop tools for rapid deployments (ZTP/custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using performance metrics and capacity planning.
• 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, deployment tools.

Skills

Network design

Security awareness

Team collaboration

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

Routers

Switches

Firewalls

ZTP

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer for the Starshield AI infrastructure, focusing on building and operating the data center network for national security missions. You will design high-speed interconnects for AI clusters and collaborate with ML teams to translate workloads into concrete topology.

The role emphasizes security, reliability, and scalable deployments. You will work with hardware, software, and network engineers to optimize performance.