Sr. HPC Systems Engineer (High Performance Computing) Verified today
Sr. HPC Systems Engineer (High Performance Computing)
SpaceX seeks an HPC Systems Engineer to join our High Performance Computing team and support SpaceX personnel and proprietary systems. You will work in a fast-paced environment where self-starters and problem-solvers thrive.
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 scripting languages (Bash, Python) to automate recurring 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 compute clusters 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
- 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
Level 3: $165,000 - $265,000 base salary. Actual level and salary determined on a case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Additional compensation may include long-term incentives (company stock or long-term cash awards), discretionary bonuses, and employee stock purchase plan eligibility. Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.