OT Network Engineer

SpaceX • College Station, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer with experience in routing, switching, and wireless networking in industrial environments. The role is part of the IT Network Engineering team, which maintains the network supporting the design, manufacturing, and launching of rockets, spacecraft, satellites, and human spaceflight. The engineer will design and support industrial and OT networks for production, testing, site operations, and live data center build environments. The position calls for strong communication and documentation skills, the ability to multitask and prevent failures, and comfort working in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

The role is onsite and includes support during launch and test campaigns, extended hours and weekends as needed, emergency on-call support, and occasional travel to other sites. Applicants must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another STEM discipline and at least 3 years of professional network engineering experience; alternatively, at least 5 years of professional network engineering experience and a high school diploma or equivalency certificate in lieu of a degree.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Ability to lift objects weighing up to 35 lbs. unassisted.
• Ability to provide 24x7 on-call support in emergency situations and participate in an after-hours on-call rotation.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to other sites to support new company initiatives.
• Must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial, utility, or operational technology network engineering experience.
• Understanding of the OSI model and network standards.
• Experience with Cisco, Arista, and Juniper data center-class switches.
• Experience with Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) and fiber optics infrastructure.
• Knowledge of enterprise and media protocols.
• Experience with switch port security features, network segmentation, QoS, multicast, and redundancy protocols.
• Experience with network monitoring tools and layer-1 testing tools.
• Scripting experience with Bash, PowerShell, or Python and automation frameworks such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Linux and Windows system administration experience.
• GitOps and infrastructure-as-code experience as a user and contributor.
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 design, deployment, and troubleshooting experience in latency-sensitive or industrial environments.
• Functional experience with multiple network vendors in production or lab environments.
• Hands-on configuration experience with managed industrial switches and routers.
• Experience with real-time systems, industrial control networks, or OT environments in aerospace, defense, energy, oil and gas, or similar high-reliability industries.
• Industry-standard certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, JNCIS, or JNCIP.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available networks that balance routing and redundancy for production, test, and site requirements.
• Design and validate resilient, scalable, multi-site OT network topologies for critical facilities.
• Evaluate, procure, and deploy network hardware, including switches, firewalls, multiplexing, and SD-WAN appliances.
• Develop and contribute to network automation tooling, including configuration analysis and scalable deployment.
• Plan and coordinate network outage windows with stakeholders for software updates, hardware refreshes, and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network issues; publish root-cause analyses and host retrospective reviews.
• Provide networking support during launch and test campaigns, including on-call or real-time support as the networking responsible engineer.
• Tune network monitoring for operational telemetry and issue detection before impact.
• Create and update network documentation, including architecture overviews, design drawings, and operational procedures.
• Work with cross-functional teams on network designs, including failure modes and redundancy.
• Perform job walks with customers, vendors, and contractors to gather requirements and create implementation plans.
• Segment industrial networks from campus and corporate networks and maintain controls-network segmentation.
• Author system and network architecture drawings, IP/VLAN schemes, and data-flow diagrams.
• Support on-site deployment, physical network cutovers, and new-site commissioning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level