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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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As a Sr. AI Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, Special Programs, you will join the team to build robust tooling for engineers operating in classified environments where remote assistance is unavailable. Your primary responsibilities include designing and building the deployment generator, creating platform documentation, maintaining the bundle pipeline, and implementing profile-driven rendering for public cloud, enterprise on-prem, and classified air-gap targets. You will also manage the cross-profile CI matrix, develop testing and validation frameworks, oversee monitoring stack migrations, and own the bare metal provisioning pipeline. The role requires proficiency in Go Lang, Python, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Pulumi or Terraform. Technical requirements include experience with CI/CD pipelines, container image management, Linux systems, GPU infrastructure including NVIDIA drivers and CUDA, and specialized knowledge of air-gapped deployment tooling where all dependencies must be pre-staged.
What does a AI Engineer earn in California?
Median $246150 from 84 postings across 12 companies.
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