BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 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.
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 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.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range:
SR. HPC Systems Engineer: $160,000.00-$220,000.00/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 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.
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