OT Network Engineer: Industrial IT for High‑Reliability Ops

Spacex; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial networks for production, test sites, and live data center builds. The role requires strong communication, documentation, and multitasking in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

The successful candidate will design resilient OT topologies, deploy switches/Firewalls, and contribute to automation tooling while supporting launch campaigns and site commissioning on-site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or STEM with 3+ years of professional network engineering experience; OR 5+ years with HS diploma in lieu of degree.
• Experience in industrial OT network environments and high-reliability settings.
• Knowledge of OSI model, vendor equipment, and network standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available OT networks for production and test sites.
• Validate resilient multi-site OT topologies with redundancy.
• Evaluate and deploy network hardware including switches, firewalls, and SD-WAN.
• Develop network automation tooling and perform root-cause analyses.
• Coordinate outages and perform on-call support during launches and tests.
• Create architecture drawings, IP/VLAN schemes, and data flow diagrams.
• Provide on-site deployment support and site commissioning.

Skills

Industrial OT networking

OT network design

Cisco/Arista/Juniper switches

SD-WAN & MPLS

WDM & fiber optics

Linux/Windows admin

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Automation (Terraform, Ansible)

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or STEM

Tools

Cisco switches

Arista switches

Juniper switches

Firewall appliances

SD-WAN appliances

Telemetry tools

GitOps tools

Layer 2/3 design tools

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial networks for production, test sites, and live data center builds. The role requires strong communication, documentation, and multitasking in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

The successful candidate will design resilient OT topologies, deploy switches/Firewalls, and contribute to automation tooling while supporting launch campaigns and site commissioning on-site.