Site Reliability Engineer (Raptor) - HPC & Rocket Infra

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Comprehensive medical, vision, and 401

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to tackle challenging system engineering problems in the Raptor engine organization. You’ll work across HPC, networking, and manufacturing IT to accelerate rocket engine development.

Responsibilities include managing compute and storage infrastructure, collaborating with propulsion teams, and deploying CAE/CFD software for peak performance on real-world hardware.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; or 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Linux and Windows server software.
• 1+ year of systems engineering experience.
• Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Python), automation (Puppet, Ansible), and other common sysadmin tools.
• Experience building, deploying, and troubleshooting large-scale compute systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Familiarity with CFD/FEA and performance bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Manage server infrastructure, HPC systems, storage systems, networks, and high-speed interconnect (Infiniband).
• Design, procure, and integrate infrastructure systems.
• Work with propulsion engineering staff to solve critical bottlenecks.
• Coordinate and communicate with company-wide infrastructure and IT teams.
• Support application deployment (ANSYS, StarCCM+, manufacturing software) for best performance.

Skills

Hardware experience

Networking

Virtualization

Security technologies

Linux

Windows Server

Bash

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to tackle challenging system engineering problems in the Raptor engine organization. You’ll work across HPC, networking, and manufacturing IT to accelerate rocket engine development.

Responsibilities include managing compute and storage infrastructure, collaborating with propulsion teams, and deploying CAE/CFD software for peak performance on real-world hardware.