What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. GNC DevOps Engineer (Falcon) position at SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP?
SR. GNC DEVOPS ENGINEER
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SpaceX is looking for a Sr. GNC DevOps Engineer to operate and scale custom-built mission-critical products for Guidance Navigational and Control (GNC). The GNC team performs trajectory design and vehicle simulation and participates in recurring mission-critical launch operations. This position will work with the GNC team to maintain and improve a set of GNC-focused tools. Examples of these products include Monte Carlo simulations on a high-performance computing cluster, automated data analysis systems, continuous integration systems for rocket and simulation software, GNC analysis infrastructure, and vehicle configuration verification tools. The ideal candidate will be flexible, possess broad skills across product operations and software development, and flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Deploy, upgrade, operate / maintain, and scale a suite of mission-critical GNC products and services
- Provision and maintain virtual and physical servers
- Work with SpaceX HPC team to monitor and maintain a 4000 thread HPC cluster
- Closely collaborate with GNC software engineers to create highly operable and maintainable products
- Add monitoring for webapps and respond to outages
- Manage the underlying computational infrastructure of GNC in collaboration with IT
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services : from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement
- Make recommendations for future hardware purchases
- Practice sustainable incident response and postmortems
- Provide end-user support to GNC engineering for productsby becoming an expert on analysis applications and support users in troubleshooting and pointing to features
- Configure automated deployment pipelines for webapps
- Develop or improve GNC webapps and tools for better usability, maintainability, and robustness
- Demo and document new software changes such as operating system upgrades, shared filesystem changes, or major tool rollouts
- Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS :
Pay Range :
GNC DevOps Engineer / Senior : $160,000.00 - $220,000.00 / per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations : job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
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Salary : $160,000 - $220,000
