Job brief: Sr. Server Hardware Systems Engineer (Starlink)

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• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $200,000 to $280,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Palo Alto, CA · Bastrop, TX · Hawthorne, CA +1
• Posted: 2026-11-10

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability eng…
• OR 7+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of professional experience troubleshooting and repairing enterprise server hardware in a production environment
• 3+ years of professional experience administering Linux systems
• 3+ years of experience operating a large server fleet in production data center environments
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed to support hardware around the world.

Conditions

• Must be willing to participate in an on-call rotation for hardware issues.
• Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally to data centers and other Starlink sites as needed, and must hold or be able to obtain a valid passport.
• Must be able to lift, push, and pull 50lbs.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.

Main duties

• Own the end-to-end hardware repair lifecycle for the Starlink server fleet and its components (CPUs, memory, SSDs, NICs, optics, and power supplies): triage …
• Manage vendor support cases and coordinate on-site work with data center remote hands and field technicians, including parts delivery, site access, and retur…
• Build the software and automation behind that path: hardware telemetry and alerting (BMC and Redfish exporters, node-level metrics, log collection), removal …
• Write runbooks, methods of procedure (MOPs), and training material so NOC and field technicians can resolve common hardware incidents

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in California: $200k a year (1,951 listings, 57 employers). This listing is 20% higher.
• Across SpaceX's 2,908 open listings, 59% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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