# High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)

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. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS ENGINEER (HPC) SpaceX is looking for an HPC Systems Engineer with strong knowledge and experience in a world class engineering organization. This employee will be a member of the HPC team and will support SpaceX personnel and proprietary systems. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment. They should be a self-starter, self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position. 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 BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 1+ years of systems en

- **Id**: 4279669
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spacex-high-performance-computing-systems-engineer-hpc>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hawthorne, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T19:54:39Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T20:04:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 66
- **Name**: SpaceX
- **Domain**: spacex.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spacex>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 53
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 102
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 125000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **Bash** — Optional: yes
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: yes
- **CUDA** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Grafana** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Nagios** — Optional: yes
- **Podman** — Optional: yes
- **Prometheus** — Optional: yes
- **Puppet** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **SLURM** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T20:04:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 106
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T21:08:44Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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