Senior Network Engineer, AI Infra & GPU Clusters

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Discretionary bonuses

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Sr. Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead design and deployment of the Starshield data center network supporting national security missions.

Responsibilities include building high-speed interconnects for AI clusters, securing networks, and driving automation. Requires Top Secret clearance, 5+ years in enterprise or cloud networks, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline with 5+ years of networking experience deploying enterprise networking solutions, or 7+ years without a degree.
• 5+ years of networking experience deploying enterprise networking solutions and/or cloud/GPU networks.
• Layer-1 experience (transport, DWDM, optical fiber, activations, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure and deployments in Top Secret data centers.
• Design high-speed copper and optical connectivity for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML teams to translate workload patterns into interconnect topology requirements.
• Contribute to rapid deployment tools (ZTP/custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability, capacity planning, and fault remediation.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.
• Mentor and train junior engineers; drive technical excellence.

Skills

Layer-1 networking

BGP

OSPF

VXLAN

InfiniBand/NVLink

GPU networking

Network security

Cisco/Juniper/Arista certs

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

ZTP / provisioning tools

DWDM

Optical fiber

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Sr. Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to lead design and deployment of the Starshield data center network supporting national security missions.

Responsibilities include building high-speed interconnects for AI clusters, securing networks, and driving automation. Requires Top Secret clearance, 5+ years in enterprise or cloud networks, and willingness to travel.