SpaceX
Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)
About this role
SpaceX seeks a Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize critical network infrastructure supporting Starshield's national security missions. You'll manage large-scale AI datacenter networks, work with cutting-edge GPU clusters, and collaborate across hardware and software teams to ensure reliable, high-performance connectivity for Top Secret operations.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy high-speed optical and copper connectivity for massive AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale)
- Manage network infrastructure for Top Secret classified data centers
- Translate ML workload communication patterns into topology and reconfigurability requirements
- Build automation tools for network provisioning, deployment, and operations
- Monitor network performance, capacity planning, and failure detection/remediation
- Lead network integration, troubleshooting, and hardware/firmware updates
What they're looking for
- Layer-1 networking (transport, DWDM, optical fiber, circuit troubleshooting)
- Datacenter network protocols (Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, VXLAN)
- GPU networking technologies (InfiniBand, NVLink, NVIDIA Blackwell/Rubin)
- Network hardware deployment and troubleshooting (routers, switches, firewalls)
- Fiber optics and physical layer troubleshooting
- Network security implementation
- Python or scripting for network automation
- Cloud/web-scale network operations
Benefits
- Competitive base salary ($125k–$195k depending on level and experience)
- Work on critical national security infrastructure
- Opportunity to shape next-generation space-based networks
- Collaboration with elite hardware, software, and systems engineers
- Access to cutting-edge AI and satellite technology
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SpaceX
SpaceX develops advanced spacecraft and satellite systems, including the Starshield government satellite constellation and Starfall re-entry cargo capsule for global delivery. The company is hiring engineers in avionics integration, software test automation, mechanical design, and hardware reliability to validate flight-critical systems and ensure mission success.
- Website
- spacex.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing or troubleshooting Layer-1 optical networks at scale, and what tools or methodologies you used.
- How have you translated application workload requirements (especially GPU/AI workloads) into concrete network topology and switch fabric designs?