Senior OT Network Engineer — Industrial IT & Automation

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to join the IT Network Engineering team. You will design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center builds, ensuring reliability and scalability in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, documentation discipline, and the ability to work across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional network engineering experience; OR 8+ years of professional network engineering experience and high school diploma or equivalency certificate in lieu of a degree.
• Industrial OT network environments experience is preferred.
• CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale, highly available networks for production, test, and site requirements.
• Develop and contribute to network automation tooling and scalable deployment.
• Provide on-call support during launches and test campaigns; coordinate outages and maintenance.

Skills

Routing & Switching

OT networking

Network automation

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Cisco switches

Arista switches

Juniper switches

SD-WAN appliances

Monitoring tools

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to join the IT Network Engineering team. You will design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center builds, ensuring reliability and scalability in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, documentation discipline, and the ability to work across cross-functional teams.