OT Systems Engineer, Mission Systems

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 3+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Operational excellence","Urgency","Communication","Collaboration","Incident response"]

Implement and support OT (Operational Technology) environments that power controls and industrial software platforms for launch, manufacturing, and commodities generation. You’ll design, deploy, and modernize secure ICS environments using virtualization/VDI, GitOps, edge compute, and network redundancy, while maintaining development/test/staging and supporting launch and production campaigns. Collaborate with controls, security, IT, and operations teams to automate infrastructure via infrastructure-as-code and ensure compliance with Purdue Model and IEC 62443.

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OT Systems Engineer, Mission Systems

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Job Summary

Implement and support OT (Operational Technology) environments that power controls and industrial software platforms for launch, manufacturing, and commodities generation. You’ll design, deploy, and modernize secure ICS environments using virtualization/VDI, GitOps, edge compute, and network redundancy, while maintaining development/test/staging and supporting launch and production campaigns. Collaborate with controls, security, IT, and operations teams to automate infrastructure via infrastructure-as-code and ensure compliance with Purdue Model and IEC 62443.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, deploy, and augment next-generation OT environments supporting plant and launch systems across multiple sites.
  • •Install, configure, maintain, and support industry-standard controls software platforms and internally developed HMIs.
  • •Integrate IT technologies to simplify management, improve security, and enable scalable plant environments.
  • •Deploy and maintain development, test, and staging environments to enable controlled change introduction and support launch, test, and production campaigns.
  • •Monitor services, respond to incidents to maintain high availability, and perform upgrades/maintenance between critical operations.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline with 3+ years of OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration experience, or 5+ years in lieu of a degree.
  • •Hands-on experience with multiple industry-standard controls software platforms and tools.
  • •Significant experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting OT environments in high-reliability settings.
  • •Hands-on with scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python) and automation frameworks (e.g., Puppet, Terraform, Ansible).
  • •Ability to pass a DoD background check for launch site access.
Experience:3+ yearsOTIndustrial control systemsICSAerospaceDefenseEnergyReal-time systemsHigh-reliability industries
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Operational excellenceUrgencyCommunicationCollaborationIncident response
Languages:English
Tech Stack:OTOperational TechnologyVirtualizationVDIGitOpsNetwork-level redundancyEdge computeICS environmentsHMIsInfrastructure-as-codeDevOpsBashPowerShellPythonPuppetTerraformAnsibleActive DirectoryWindowsLinux

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:DoD background check

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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