What's the salary range?

SpaceX lists $165,000–$265,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

5–7 years of relevant experience for this Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Ansible, CFD, CUDA, Docker, FEA.

What seniority level is this role?

SpaceX targets senior candidates for this position.

Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer at SpaceX

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 of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SYSTEMS ENGINEER

SpaceX is looking for an HPC Systems Engineer with strong knowledge and experience in a world class engineering organization. This employee will be a member of the HPC team and will support SpaceX personnel and proprietary systems. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment. They should be a self-starter, self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administer and manage HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks
Provide application support to SpaceX employees across engineering disciplines
Install and integrate Linux-based compute clusters
Write instructional documentation and convey highly technical ideas in non-technical terms

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 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

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

5+ years of professional experience building, deploying and troubleshooting Linux systems
Experience with a scripting language (Bash, Python) to automate and solve reoccurring tasks
Experience building, deploying and troubleshooting HPC clusters
Familiarity with cluster resource managers (Slurm, PBS, LSF)
Experience with monitoring and alerting technologies (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios)
Familiarity with scientific and engineering computing (CFD, FEA)
Familiarity with large scale AI training
Familiarity with GPU usage in a compute cluster and Cuda
Experience with containers (Docker, Podman, Singularity)
Experience deploying and maintaining automated configuration management software (Puppet, Ansible)
Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities
Eligibility for access to classified material up to TS/SCI with Polygraph
Experience with Kubernetes

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 3: $165,000.00 - $265,000.00

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 accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

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