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Sr. Server Hardware Systems Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX·Palo Alto, CA·Posted 10 November 2026

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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. SR. SERVER HARDWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEER (STARLINK) Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency internet to millions of people around the world, and the network depends on a global fleet of servers running in data centers and points of presence (PoPs). The Starlink Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is hiring a Server Hardware Systems Engineer to own the health of this fleet as it scales rapidly. You will own the server hardware lifecycle from issue detection, to repair, through recovery. You will build the telemetry, alerting, and automation that let a small team operate a very large fleet, and coordinate with network operations, field technicians, hardware vendors, and data center partners to get failed hardware repaired and back into service quickly. You will also use fleet reliability data to shape server design, selection, and qualification for new sites across both commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and…

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