Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Company shuttle

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to own the design, deployment, and security of the Starshield data center network supporting critical national security missions and large AI clusters.

You will collaborate across hardware, software, and ML teams, drive rapid deployment tooling, improve performance, and lead network integration while maintaining Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance and willingness to travel for future needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline OR 4+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise networks or cloud/web-scale networks.
• 1+ year of networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions and/or cloud and GPU networks (internship/co-op qualifies).
• Hands on experience with 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 for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML 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 (capacity, failure detection).
• 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

Hardware deployment

Team collaboration

Security practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years networking experience

Top Secret clearance eligibility

Tools

Routers, switches, firewalls

Top Secret hardware environments

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to own the design, deployment, and security of the Starshield data center network supporting critical national security missions and large AI clusters.

You will collaborate across hardware, software, and ML teams, drive rapid deployment tooling, improve performance, and lead network integration while maintaining Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance and willingness to travel for future needs.