Data Center Specialist (Starlink)

SpaceX
Washington
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 34 - 51 hourlyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: high_schoolSkills: ["Communication","Team collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Data Center Specialist for SpaceX’s Starlink program who deploys, troubleshoots, and repairs hardware at PoP sites worldwide. Travels internationally and domestically to resolve hardware issues, racks and installs servers, diagnoses fiber optic circuits, and documents processes to improve team capabilities, supporting a rapidly evolving global satellite broadband network.

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SpaceX
5 months ago

Data Center Specialist (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Data Center Specialist for SpaceX’s Starlink program who deploys, troubleshoots, and repairs hardware at PoP sites worldwide. Travels internationally and domestically to resolve hardware issues, racks and installs servers, diagnoses fiber optic circuits, and documents processes to improve team capabilities, supporting a rapidly evolving global satellite broadband network.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Augment, deploy, troubleshoot, and repair hardware at Starlink PoP colocation sites worldwide.
  • •Travel internationally and domestically to resolve hardware issues affecting Starlink user service and deploying new hardware to scale our worldwide network
  • •Diagnose failures within fiber optic circuits and execute repairs to bring system back to full operation
  • •Rack and stack router and server hardware on designated locations around the world
  • •Install servers and upgrade/replace parts of the servers following MOPs
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 34 - 51 hourly
Perks:MedicalVisionDental401kPaid LeaveDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
  • •2+ years of experience troubleshooting hardware or IT equipment in the IT or telecom industry.
  • •Experience working with fiber optics network: installation, test, troubleshooting, and repair; using fiber optic test equipment (OTDR, OLS, OPM, VFL)
  • •Experience constructing IT/network racks (UPS, PDUs, cable management, servers, network devices)
  • •Ability to travel approximately 75% of the time to US or international gateway sites
Experience:2+ yearsIT/telecom hardwareFiber optics
Education:High School
Skills:CommunicationTeam collaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Fiber opticsCWDMDWDMOTDROLSOPMVFLUPSPDUsCable managementServersRoutersVisioMS Office

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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