Senior Network Engineer, AI Infra & Secure Data Centers

SpaceX; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-based incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield). You will drive the operation, build and deploy the Starshield data center network, owning the network design and implementing continual improvements for capabilities and customers.

You will monitor and improve network security, performance, and reliability, collaborating with hardware, software, and network engineers while mentoring junior professionals and leading technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline with 5+ years networking experience, or 7+ years without degree.
• 5+ years networking in enterprise or cloud/GPU environments.
• Layer-1 experience (DWDM, optical fiber, activations).
• Hands-on deployment of networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls).

Responsibilities

• Manage network infrastructure for Top Secret data centers.
• Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical interconnects for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Collaborate with ML teams to map workload patterns to interconnect topology.
• Contribute to tools for rapid deployments (ZTP/custom provisioning).
• Improve network performance and reliability using metrics and capacity planning.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence.

Skills

Networking experience

Layer-1 tech

Hardware deployment

Team leadership

Clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

ZTP / provisioning tools

Networking hardware (routers/switches/firewalls)

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield). You will drive the operation, build and deploy the Starshield data center network, owning the network design and implementing continual improvements for capabilities and customers.

You will monitor and improve network security, performance, and reliability, collaborating with hardware, software, and network engineers while mentoring junior professionals and leading technical excellence.