SpaceX Network Connectivity Engineer on the Starmind team at SpaceX designing and deploying large scale fiber optic networks for GPU clusters. Responsible for data center connectivity design, procurement, and project management.
Responsibilities
Design and plan scalable, future-proof data center connectivity for clusters of hundreds of thousands of GPUs, including structured cabling plants that support evolving architectures and speeds beyond 800G
Procure fiber, copper, and other connectivity materials for new builds, expansions, and technology refreshes
Provide project management and construction oversight for connectivity scope on new data center builds and expansions
Plan and implement network upgrades and overhauls for technology refreshes in live data center environments
Develop Methods of Procedure (MOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for connectivity deployments in live environments
Audit existing and new connectivity installations and hold vendors accountable for troubleshooting and repairs prior to network deployment turnover
Develop and maintain as-built documentation for all data center connectivity
Release and troubleshoot ISP circuits across multiple regions; interface with data center providers to drive circuit and cross-connect deployments
Collaborate with capacity planning, network engineering, hardware reliability, and construction teams on cluster design and delivery
Apply knowledge of applicable building codes and industry standards to connectivity design and installation
Qualification
Experience with multimode fiberExperience performing budget lossAbility to interpret fiber test results
Required
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or other engineering discipline
1+ years of experience working in data centers (internship experience is applicable)
Experience with multimode fiber, singlemode fiber, copper, and other low-voltage telecommunication systems
Experience with structured cabling and both active and passive cabling elements
Preferred
RCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer) certification
5+ years experience working in data centers (internship experience is applicable)
Experience performing budget loss, insertion loss, and return loss calculations for structured cable systems
Experience deploying network elements such as routing switches, aggregation switches, optical transceivers, and DWDM
Ability to interpret fiber test results
Experience with network connectivity testing (singlemode duplex, multimode duplex, MPO8, MPO12, MPO16, AOC, DAC, and copper) and troubleshooting using OTDR, light meters, VFLs, loopbacks, and BERT across vendors
Experience building and designing scalable fiber and connectivity plants for large-scale data centers across Ethernet, InfiniBand, and RoCE networks
Experience designing and deploying connectivity for high-speed / high-bandwidth HPC and ML applications
