Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Garage)

aerovect.com; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy. The Senior Infrastructure Engineer (On-Prem) will own and scale the physical infrastructure that supports autonomous vehicle operations at our garage facilities.

You will deploy, configure, and troubleshoot bare-metal servers, racks, and networking. This hands-on role emphasizes Linux admin, data center operations, and hardware reliability, working with software and cloud teams to ensure reliable integration and scalable on-prem

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on infrastructure experience in data centers or on-prem environments.
• Strong Linux administration skills and system-level debugging.
• Solid networking knowledge including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs.
• Experience with bare-metal server provisioning and hardware installation.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and network failures in the field.
• Capable of scripting for automation and tooling improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain bare-metal Linux servers at AeroVect garage facilities.
• Own physical infrastructure setup including racks, cabling, power, and hardware.
• Configure and troubleshoot networking equipment across on-prem systems.
• Manage lifecycle from procurement to upgrades and replacement.
• Monitor server health, network performance, and hardware reliability.
• Establish deployment standards and repeatable processes as locations grow.
• Support connectivity between autonomous vehicles, on-prem infra, and cloud systems.
• Develop lightweight automation using Bash or Python for administration tasks.
• Collaborate with software and cloud teams to ensure reliable integration.

Skills

Linux administration

Data center operations

Networking fundamentals

Physical infrastructure debugging

Scripting Bash/Python

Hardware troubleshooting

Independent ownership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Ansible

Virtualization

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

WHO WE ARE

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com http://www.aerovect.com.

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (On-Prem) at AeroVect, you will own and scale the physical infrastructure that supports our autonomous vehicle operations at our garage facilities. Your primary focus will be deploying, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting bare-metal servers, networking equipment, and rack infrastructure to ensure reliable operations across our active airport deployments.

This is a highly hands-on infrastructure role, ideal for someone with a strong background in Linux systems administration, data center infrastructure, physical networking, and hardware reliability. You don't need to be a software engineer. We're looking for someone who enjoys working directly with hardware, building reliable infrastructure, and solving complex operational challenges.

You'll work in a fast-paced environment where infrastructure directly supports autonomous vehicles operating in live airport environments. As AeroVect scales its fleet and expands to new locations, you'll play a key role in building standardized, reliable, and scalable on-prem infrastructure.

You Will

• Deploy, configure, and maintain bare-metal Linux servers and computing infrastructure at AeroVect's garage facilities.
• Own physical infrastructure setup, including server racks, cabling, power distribution, hardware installation, and equipment organization.
• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot networking equipment, including switches, routers, firewalls, and network connectivity across on-prem systems.
• Manage the lifecycle of physical infrastructure, from hardware selection and procurement through installation, maintenance, upgrades, and replacement.
• Monitor and troubleshoot server health, network performance, hardware failures, and infrastructure reliability to minimize operational downtime.
• Establish infrastructure standards, documentation, and repeatable deployment processes as AeroVect expands to additional garage locations.
• Support connectivity and data transfer between autonomous vehicles, garage infrastructure, and cloud systems.
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure supporting vehicle software delivery and operational data uploads.
• Develop lightweight automation and scripting solutions using Bash or Python to simplify system administration, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Collaborate with software, cloud infrastructure, and autonomy engineering teams to ensure reliable integration between physical infrastructure and software systems.
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting and operational support in a dynamic environment where infrastructure availability directly impacts vehicle operations.

You Have

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, Linux systems administration, data center operations, or a similar technical role.
• Strong experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining bare-metal Linux servers in on-prem environments.
• Hands-on experience with server racks, cabling, hardware installation, power management, and physical infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience configuring and maintaining physical networking equipment such as switches, routers, and firewalls.
• Strong Linux administration skills, including system configuration, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, storage management, and system-level debugging.
• Experience diagnosing hardware and network failures and implementing solutions to improve infrastructure reliability.
• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of infrastructure projects, and troubleshoot issues directly in the field.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced operational environment with evolving infrastructure needs and priorities.

We Prefer

• Experience managing on-prem infrastructure in robotics, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, manufacturing, or other hardware-intensive environments.
• Experience building or scaling physical infrastructure across multiple operational sites.
• Familiarity with server provisioning, configuration management, or infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible.
• Experience with virtualization, containerization, or on-prem compute orchestration.
• Basic Python or Bash scripting experience for infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with edge computing, vehicle connectivity, or data transfer between on-prem and cloud environments.
• Experience supporting software deployment to physical devices or embedded systems.
• Familiarity with hardware lifecycle management, infrastructure capacity planning, and redundancy strategies.
• Exposure to high-availability environments where infrastructure downtime directly impacts physical operations.