Sr. HPC Systems Engineer

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

186d • $160,000 - $220,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.
• 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.
• Experience with Linux.

Nice To Haves

• 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 ML frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow).
• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Pay Range: SR. HPC Systems Engineer: $160,000.00-$220,000.00/per year.
• Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various other discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees