Senior AI Infrastructure Network Engineer (Data Center)

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock

Discretionary bonuses

Stock purchase plan

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

Retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA seeks a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead the data center network design, deployment, and security for national security missions. You will design high-speed interconnects for 100k+ GPU clusters, mentor engineers, and drive automation with ZTP and provisioning tools, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable, scalable networks.

This role requires Top Secret clearance and willingness to travel; SpaceX offers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline with 5+ years of networking experience deploying enterprise or cloud/web-scale networks; or 7+ years of experience without a degree.
• 5+ years of networking experience deploying enterprise solutions and/or GPU networks.
• Hands-on experience deploying networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls).

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical interconnects for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML teams to map workload patterns to interconnect topology and optical requirements.
• Contribute to tools for rapid deployments (ZTP/custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using metrics, capacity planning, and remediation.

Skills

Networking experience

Enterprise networks

GPU networks

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/technical field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Routers & Firewalls

Data center hardware deployment

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA seeks a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead the data center network design, deployment, and security for national security missions. You will design high-speed interconnects for 100k+ GPU clusters, mentor engineers, and drive automation with ZTP and provisioning tools, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable, scalable networks.

This role requires Top Secret clearance and willingness to travel; SpaceX offers