Senior HPC Systems Engineer: Linux Clusters & AI Readiness

Future Ventures; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to administer HPC clusters, storage, and high‑speed networks, providing Linux compute support across engineering teams. You will write documentation and collaborate to keep mission-critical systems secure and efficient.

The role requires 5+ years in systems engineering, strong Linux and virtualization skills, and experience with Kubernetes. This is a fast-paced environment with on-call and extended hours as needed.

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

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Linux system admin

Security technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline

Tools

Docker

Podman

Singularity

Puppet

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

Slurm

PBS

LSF

CUDA

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to administer HPC clusters, storage, and high‑speed networks, providing Linux compute support across engineering teams. You will write documentation and collaborate to keep mission-critical systems secure and efficient.

The role requires 5+ years in systems engineering, strong Linux and virtualization skills, and experience with Kubernetes. This is a fast-paced environment with on-call and extended hours as needed.