Site Reliability Engineer — HPC & Automation (Silicon Engineering)
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Redmond, WA - USA
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Job Summary
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER HPC & AUTOMATION (SILICON ENGINEERING)
At SpaceX were leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink the worlds most advanced broadband internet system. Starlink is the worlds largest satellite constellation and is providing fast reliable internet to millions of users worldwide. We design build test and operate all parts of the system thousands of satellites consumer receivers that allow users to connect within minutes of unboxing and the software that brings it all together. Weve only begun to scratch the surface of Starlinks potential global impact and are looking for best-in-class engineers to help maximize Starlinks utility for communities and businesses around the globe.
We are seeking a motivated proactive and intellectually curious engineer who will work alongside world-class cross-disciplinary teams (systems firmware architecture design validation product engineering ASIC implementation). As a Site Reliability Engineer on the Silicon Engineering team you will get the opportunity to design operate scale and automate the high performance computing infrastructure we use to develop the chips powering the worlds largest satellite constellation and a global internet service. This position will have a meaningful impact on Starlink silicon by enabling faster design-iterations simulations and regression turnaround times that gate how fast our chip teams can ship.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Deploy upgrade operate maintain and scale our suite of clusters and services
- Collaborate with engineers to develop automated full turnkey solutions for silicon simulation workflows to speed up project timelines
- Manage our underlying infrastructure as code and use modern observability tools to provide a complete picture of cluster and infrastructure health
- Operate the continuous integration pipeline build and release systems and version control across the environment
- Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks using measurement and creative engineering
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in computer science information systems or an engineering discipline; OR 2 years of professional experience in system administration high performance computing or site reliability engineering
- 1 years of development experience with Bash Python and/or other programming languages
- 1 years of experience with Linux operating systems
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (i.e. Docker Kubernetes)
- Knowledge in computer system concepts (computer architecture computer organization operating systems and concurrency)
- Experience with databases and data modeling ( SQLite)
- Networking knowledge of TCP/IP
- Experience with high performance computing and workload managers (e.g. Slurm LSF)
- Experience with Terraform Ansible Puppet or similar automation frameworks
- Experience building monitoring and alerting as code (e.g. Grafana Prometheus custom exporters)
- Experience with CI/CD automation at scale (e.g. Jenkins Bamboo build systems)
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools for managing fleets of servers
- Experience with using & building REST API clients/servers
- Experience with enterprise/networked storage automation (e.g. NetApp ONTAP REST API/CLI NFS)
- Experience with ASIC design flows and tools (e.g. Cadence Synopsys Ansys Keysight Siemens)
- Strong desire to find performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with customers peers management both formal and informal situations
- Ability to quickly learn new tools and frameworks
- Interest in or experience with AI/LLM-assisted tooling (e.g. Grok Claude Code)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical milestones
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range:
Level 1: $125000.00 - $150000.00
Level 2: $145000.00 - $175000.00
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills education and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical vision and dental coverage access to a 401(k) retirement plan short and long-term disability insurance life insurance paid parental leave and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceXs Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to.
Required Experience:
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About Company
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.
