Join SpaceX as a Sr. HPC Systems Engineer to manage HPC clusters and support engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Joblaze summary
The Sr. High Performance Computing Systems Engineer at SpaceX is responsible for managing HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks while providing application support to various engineering teams. This role requires extensive experience with Linux systems, Kubernetes, and scripting languages like Bash or Python, along with a solid understanding of HPC environments. Ideal candidates are seasoned professionals with a background in systems engineering or software development, capable of thriving in a fast-paced, innovative setting. The position is critical to supporting SpaceX's ambitious goals in aerospace technology.
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Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 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: Grafana, CUDA, Prometheus, FEA, Slurm, PBS.
- Does SpaceX sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- SpaceX targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer role at SpaceX.
From the original posting
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
- Experience with Kubernetes
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
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
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 SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.