Security-Cleared Network Engineer, AI Infra

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options and long-term incentives

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability and life insurance

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (STARSHIELD) in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead the design, deployment, and security of the Starshield data-center network supporting national security missions and AI clusters at scale.

You’ll collaborate with ML teams and hardware engineers to optimize interconnect topology, build automation, and ensure reliable operations. A Top Secret clearance is required or eligible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of networking experience in enterprise or cloud environments.
• 1+ year of hands-on networking deployment experience with routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Layer-1 experience including transport, DWDM, optical fiber, troubleshoot activations.
• Experience deploying networking hardware in data center or GPU cluster environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed connectivity for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML teams to map workload patterns to interconnect topology.
• Contribute to rapid deployment tools and automation (ZTP, provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using metrics, capacity planning, and remediation.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.

Skills

Networking

Cloud networks

GPU networks

Security foundations

Independent work

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical/engineering OR 4+ years networking experience

1+ year experience deploying enterprise networks or GPU networks (internship/co-op qualifies)

Tools

Routers

Switches

Firewalls

Networking hardware deployment

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (STARSHIELD) in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead the design, deployment, and security of the Starshield data-center network supporting national security missions and AI clusters at scale.

You’ll collaborate with ML teams and hardware engineers to optimize interconnect topology, build automation, and ensure reliable operations. A Top Secret clearance is required or eligible.