HPC Systems Engineer

$120,000 - $160,000/Yr

SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hawthorne, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The HPC Systems Engineer at SpaceX will be responsible for administering and managing high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks. This role requires providing application support to SpaceX employees across various engineering disciplines and involves installing and integrating Linux-based compute clusters. The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating self-motivation and ingenuity.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies.

Nice-to-haves

• 1+ years of professional experience building, deploying and troubleshooting Linux systems.
• Experience with a scripting language (Bash, Python) to automate and solve 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 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• 5 days of sick leave per year.