Principal Network Engineer (Starlink Ground Network) is open at SpaceX in Palo Alto, CA. The posting gives a salary of $200K - $285K. Posted on May 29, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Manage and expand network interconnections, network co-location sites and points of presence (POPs) Improve network performance and reliability based upon system performance metrics, including capacity planning, failure detection and remediation Assist in capacity augmentation and network optimization deployments Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts for the largest and most strategic Starlink…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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