Lab Architect (Networking)

Location: Redmond, Washington, United States; onsite when not traveling with customers. Travel to customer locations and other SpaceX sites is required approximately 50% of the time.

Salary: $82,000–$110,000 annually for Level 1; $105,000–$150,000 annually for Level 2.

Company

SpaceX develops space exploration technologies, including Starlink satellite internet services.

What you will do

• Drive Starlink integration engagements with third-party networking vendors.
• Develop joint value propositions, technical solution guides, reference architectures, and integration documentation.
• Work with product engineering teams to onboard completed solutions into internal test environments.
• Support technical sales engagements and answer customer questions about third-party integrations.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Licensing, Government Affairs, Finance, Legal, and Product Engineering.
• Represent Starlink at conferences and industry events.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or at least 3 years of professional experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in technical sales.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience building and deploying enterprise network infrastructure.
• Experience with computer networking technologies and standards, including TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, LACP, VLAN, DHCP, DNS, NAT, OSPF, BGP, IPsec, VXLAN, MPLS, VPNs, and SD-WAN.
• Proficiency troubleshooting with packet capture or tcpdump analysis and proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language.
• Must be eligible under ITAR requirements: a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. government authorizations.

Nice to have

• Industry-recognized computer networking certifications.
• Experience with network monitoring standards and tools such as sFlow, RFC 2544, Y.1564, TWAMP, or POLQA.
• Knowledge of Linux networking and user-space network stacks.
• Strong presentation, customer interface, and interpersonal skills.

Culture & Benefits

• High-velocity environment with demanding technical and business expectations.
• Extended hours and weekends may be required as needed.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage, plus 401(k), disability, and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
• Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and employee stock purchase opportunities.
• Employee shuttles are available from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office.