Sr. Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) is open at SpaceX in Palo Alto, CA. The posting gives a salary of $165K - $265K. Posted on Sep 21, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret data centers Design, validate, and productize high-speed copper and optical connectivity solutions for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale) Collaborate with ML training teams to translate workload communication patterns into concrete interconnect topology and optical reconfigurability requirements. Contribute to various tools for rapid deployments (ZTP/custom…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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