Raptor SRE: Scale HPC & Infra for Rocket Engine Growth

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Discretionary bonuses

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Raptor) to tackle HPC, performance, networking, and manufacturing infra, collaborating with engineering, IT, and facilities teams to scale rocket engine projects.

You will manage server infrastructure, design and integrate systems, support deployments (ANSYS, StarCCM+), and work with Kubernetes/Docker to optimize software performance on real hardware.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Linux and Windows server software.

Responsibilities

• Manage server infrastructure, HPC systems, storage systems, networks, and high-speed interconnect (Infiniband).
• Design, procure, and integrate infrastructure systems.
• Work with propulsion engineering staff to solve critical bottlenecks.
• Coordinate and communicate with company-wide infrastructure and IT teams.
• Support application deployment (ANSYS, StarCCM+, manufacturing software) for best performance of software on real-world systems.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python scripting

System administration

Networking

Security technologies

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/math/science

2+ years of software development experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

Windows Server

Infiniband

Virtualization

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Raptor) to tackle HPC, performance, networking, and manufacturing infra, collaborating with engineering, IT, and facilities teams to scale rocket engine projects.

You will manage server infrastructure, design and integrate systems, support deployments (ANSYS, StarCCM+), and work with Kubernetes/Docker to optimize software performance on real hardware.