Senior HPC Systems Engineer for High-Performance Clusters

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. HPC Systems Engineer to join the HPC team. You will administer HPC clusters, storage, and high-speed networks to support mission‑critical engineering workloads across SpaceX programs.

You will automate provisioning with Bash/Python, work with Kubernetes, Slurm/PBS/LSF, and ensure secure, scalable Linux environments. This role demands technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage HPC clusters, storage systems, and high‑speed networks.
• Provide application support to SpaceX employees across engineering disciplines.
• Install and integrate Linux‑based compute clusters.
• Write instructional documentation and convey highly technical ideas in non‑technical terms.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux systems

Scripting Bash/Python

HPC clusters

Docker Podman Singularity

Puppet Ansible

Monitoring Prometheus Grafana Nagios

GPU CUDA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math/scientific discipline

Tools

Docker

Podman

Singularity

Puppet

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

Slurm

PBS

LSF

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. HPC Systems Engineer to join the HPC team. You will administer HPC clusters, storage, and high-speed networks to support mission‑critical engineering workloads across SpaceX programs.

You will automate provisioning with Bash/Python, work with Kubernetes, Slurm/PBS/LSF, and ensure secure, scalable Linux environments. This role demands technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to engineers.