Senior Network Engineer - AI Infra for High-Security Ops

InvestedintheMission; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Stock purchase plan

Medical, vision, dental

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead deployment and operation of the Starshield data center network, ensuring security, performance, and reliability for national security missions. You will design high-speed connectivity for AI clusters and drive continual improvements across teams.

The role requires 5+ years in enterprise or cloud/networking, L1 experience, and hardware deployment skills, with the possibility of Top Secret clearance and travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions or cloud and web-scale networks; OR 7+ years without a degree.
• 5+ years of networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions and/or cloud and GPU networks.
• Layer-1 experience (transport, DWDM, optical fiber, activations, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with deployment of networking hardware (routers, modems, switches, firewalls)

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical connectivity for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML training teams to map workload patterns to interconnect topology and optical configurability.
• Contribute to tools for rapid deployments (ZTP / custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using performance metrics and capacity planning.
• Assist in capacity augmentation and network optimization deployments.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve Starshield design.
• Assist in updating system configuration and firmware.
• Build automation for network devices and deployment tools.
• Mentor and train junior network engineers.
• As a senior engineer you must lead the team to technical excellence.

Skills

Enterprise networking

L1/optical fiber

Network hardware deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical or engineering field

Tools

ZTP / automated provisioning

InfiniBand/NVLink

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead deployment and operation of the Starshield data center network, ensuring security, performance, and reliability for national security missions. You will design high-speed connectivity for AI clusters and drive continual improvements across teams.

The role requires 5+ years in enterprise or cloud/networking, L1 experience, and hardware deployment skills, with the possibility of Top Secret clearance and travel.