Data Center Hardware Infrastructure Engineer

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.

DATA CENTER HARDWARE INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

As a Data Center Hardware Infrastructure Engineer within the Infrastructure team, you will collaborate with other internal teams to design hardware solutions for SpaceX's growing infrastructure demands. You will ensure the quality of systems through the lifecycle of hardware in production. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, designing solution specifications, defining standards, implementing solutions, maintaining/troubleshooting of IT systems and infrastructure in an extremely fast paced and dynamic environment. You will join the team responsible for scaling and supporting SpaceX’s growing compute and Kubernetes environments. You should have strong opinions about how to design, test, and qualify hardware, systems, firmware, and server components. You should be familiar with industry standard hardware development processes and use best practices and keep in touch with internal and external business matters to enhance products and services for the organization. Most importantly, you should be prepared to build SpaceX’s next generation of hardware. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Serve as subject matter expert for computer platforms, including the selection, optimization, standardization and validation of SpaceX’s data center server hardware products
• Develop automated reporting of capacity and performance metrics to proactively identify systemic inefficiencies/bottlenecks, usage patterns, overall system health and growth forecasts
• Mentor our team of systems engineers to help them design, configure and support purpose-built servers, with emphasis on performance-optimized and resilient designs
• Collaborate regularly with internal SpaceX teams to understand requirements, predict needs, cost-optimize solutions, and cultivate product knowledge
• Drive the hardware lifecycle process from requirements gathering to architectural drafting, product provisioning, implementation and maintenance
• Lead complex and cross-functional investigations to triage issues that may span networking, compute, software, firmware and power/cooling
• Maintain technical documentation pertaining to system architecture, standards and best-practices
• Define and qualify second-source components and materials to ensure continuity in product line constraints with primary partners and suppliers

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or another STEM discipline and 3+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment; or 5+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of professional experience designing enterprise class server infrastructure, specifically x86 servers (i.e. CPUs, PCIe, network, power, memory)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) including tools to monitor, measure, manage, and/or control data center utilization
• Experience designing and maintaining enterprise-grade, scalable platforms in a data center environment
• Certifications related to IT infrastructure such as CompTIA ServerPlus, CompTIA Network, CCNP
• Experience working with multiple vendor hardware architectures
• Deployment and support of large-scale VMWare environments
• Experience designing and supporting container platforms such as Kubernetes
• Linux and/or Windows OS system administration experience
• Knowledge of data center power design and best-practices
• Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Willingness to respond to participate in on-call rotation

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:    
    
Pay Range:    
Datacenter Hardware Infrastructure Engineer/Level I: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year    
Datacenter Hardware Infrastructure Engineer/Level II: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00/per year    
         
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, stock options, 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. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.    

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or 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.

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