OT Systems Engineer for Mission Systems

InvestedintheMission; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an OT Systems Engineer to implement and support the backend infrastructure for mission‑critical controls and industrial software across launch, manufacturing, and commodity environments. You will operate within the mission IT group to balance legacy systems with modernization and DevOps‑style improvements.

The role demands strong OT expertise, IT tooling knowledge, and the ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 3+ years OT experience or 5+ years without a degree.
• Hands-on experience with multiple industry standard controls software platforms and tools.
• Experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting OT environments in high-reliability settings.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and augment OT environments across sites.
• Install, configure, maintain, and support controls software platforms and HMIs.
• Integrate IT technologies to simplify management and improve security.
• Develop, test, and stage environments for controlled changes.
• Provide support during launch, test, and production campaigns.
• Perform upgrades and maintenance between critical operations, including after hours.
• Monitor services and respond to incidents to maintain high availability.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps initiatives for ICs environments.
• Collaborate with controls engineers to improve test coverage and change control.
• Document architectures, standards, and procedures for reliable industrial environments.

Skills

OT systems engineering

Real-time systems experience

Scripting Bash/PowerShell/Python

Automation DevOps Terraform/Ansible

Windows and Linux administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps tooling

Industrial protocols

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an OT Systems Engineer to implement and support the backend infrastructure for mission‑critical controls and industrial software across launch, manufacturing, and commodity environments. You will operate within the mission IT group to balance legacy systems with modernization and DevOps‑style improvements.

The role demands strong OT expertise, IT tooling knowledge, and the ability to work under pressure.