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Server Hardware Engineer at SpaceX

Hawthorne, CA, United States

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.

SERVER HARDWARE ENGINEER

As a Server Hardware Engineer within the infrastructure team, you will collaborate with our various internal teams to find hardware solutions to SpaceX's growing infrastructure demands. You will ensure the quality of systems through the lifecycle of hardware in production. Responsibilities include implementation, maintenance, and 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:

• Champion the system and validation process for SpaceX's new data center server hardware products. This includes network connectivity, power delivery and functional aspects of the servers

• Lead the project management of hardware development programs from inception to final product shipment

• Data Center deployments and troubleshooting production operational issues in our data centers are an aspect of the job responsibilities

• Help our team of engineers and server partners to develop, support, and sustain purpose-built servers, with emphasis on a resilient design and high availability

• Identify and implement fixes and find efficiencies in our large VMWare environment supporting critical applications across the organization

• Collaborate regularly with internal SpaceX teams to understand requirements, cost-optimize solutions, and cultivate product knowledge

• Expect to drive the hardware procurement process from initial concept, architectural draft, product requirement documents, to deployment coordination and operational support

• You will generate and review validation plans, oversee execution and test reports across multiple disciplines including hardware, firmware, and system software

• Investigate, triage, and debug hardware and system level issues down to component and firmware level working across the organization

• 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, engineering or other technical field of study and 3+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment; 5+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment without a degree

• 1+ years of professional experience working with enterprise class server infrastructure, specifically x86 server design (i.e. CPUs, PCIe, 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

• Certifications related to IT infrastructure such as CompTIA ServerPlus, CompTIA Network, CCNP

• Experience working with multiple vendor hardware architectures

• Support of CI/CD continuous integration/continuous development pipelines

• Deployment and support of large-scale VMWare environments

• Experience supporting container infrastructure platforms leveraging Kubernetes

• Hands on experience with KVM, QEMU, or Openstack

• Board level design and validation experience

• Linux and Windows OS system administration experience

• Knowledge of power subsystems

• Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Willingness to respond to after-hours triage and operational support

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed

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 (https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987)

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.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.

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• Location:
  Hawthorne, California
• Company:
  SpaceX