OT Network Engineer: Industrial, High‑Reliability Networking

Starlink; College Station (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center builds. You will work with routing, switching, and wireless in high-reliability environments and document work in a ticketing system.

The ideal candidate communicates well, multitasks, resolves issues proactively, and thrives in a fast-paced high-tech setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline; 3+ years of professional network engineering experience; OR 5+ years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalency in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in industrial/OT environments and knowledge of OSI model and networking standards.
• Certifications such as CCNA/CCNP/JNCIS/JNCIP or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design highly available networks for production, test, and site requirements.
• Validate scalable multi-site OT network topologies for critical facilities.
• Deploy switches, firewalls, multiplexing, and SD-WAN appliances.
• Develop automation tooling and configuration deployment processes.
• Coordinate outages with stakeholders for software updates and maintenance.
• Provide on-site networking support during launches and tests.
• Create network documentation including architecture drawings and data flow diagrams.

Skills

OT network engineering

Cisco/Arista/Juniper

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python)

Linux administration

Windows administration

Network security basics

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

Tools

Cisco switches

Arista switches

Juniper routers

SD-WAN appliances

OT network monitoring tools

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center builds. You will work with routing, switching, and wireless in high-reliability environments and document work in a ticketing system.

The ideal candidate communicates well, multitasks, resolves issues proactively, and thrives in a fast-paced high-tech setting.