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Employer
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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796 open roles
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$130,000–$165,000
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The Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer joins the HPC team to support SpaceX personnel and proprietary systems. This role involves administering and managing HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks while providing application support across various engineering disciplines. Key responsibilities include installing and integrating Linux-based compute clusters and writing instructional documentation to convey technical ideas. The position requires expertise in client and server hardware, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies. Candidates should possess skills in Bash or Python for automation, and experience with Slurm, PBS, or LSF. Additional technical requirements include familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Docker, Podman, Singularity, Puppet, Ansible, and Kubernetes. The role specifically addresses scientific and engineering computing needs, including CFD, FEA, large scale AI training, and GPU usage with Cuda.
Administer and manage HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks.
Install and integrate Linux-based compute clusters.
Provide application support to SpaceX employees across various engineering disciplines.
Write instructional documentation and communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences.
Automate recurring tasks using scripting languages like Bash or Python.
Deploy and maintain automated configuration management software such as Puppet or Ansible.
Monitor and alert on system health using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios.
Manage containerized workloads using Docker, Podman, Singularity, or Kubernetes.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience.
7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
5+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.
Eligibility for access to classified material up to TS/SCI with Polygraph.
U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
5+ years of professional experience building, deploying and troubleshooting Linux systems (preferred).
Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Python), HPC clusters, and cluster resource managers (Slurm, PBS, LSF) (preferred).
Experience with monitoring, containers, configuration management, and AI/GPU training (preferred).
Linux
Windows Server
Python
Bash
Kubernetes
Docker
Ansible
Puppet
Infiniband
High Performance Computing
Virtualization
Networking
Systems Engineering
ANSYS
StarCCM+
CFD
FEA
C
C++
Python
HPC
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Linux
Windows
macOS
x86
ARM
Power
Profiling
Monitoring
Optimization
Cloud Computing