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Stratolaunch

Designs, manufactures, and launches aerospace vehicles.

Data Systems / Network Engineer

Network Engineering & AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMojave, CA, USA$92k - $185.7k

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in data, telemetry, and network engineering in an operational or test environment.
  • Experience with network engineering, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, and User Datagram Protocol.
  • Experience troubleshooting Ethernet networks.
  • Experience with Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, and Aruba through graphical user interfaces and command-line interfaces.
  • Experience with Aruba ClearPass.
  • Experience with network monitoring, including SolarWinds Orion.
  • Experience configuring and troubleshooting Internet Protocol routing protocols, including Border Gateway Protocol and Open Shortest Path First.
  • Experience with network protocols and technologies including Spanning Tree Protocol, Internet Protocol Security, Network Address Translation, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, and 802.1X.
  • Experience with Windows and Linux server administration.
  • Experience managing Active Directory, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and Domain Name System.
  • Experience with server virtualization, including VMware.
  • Experience with packet capture and traffic analysis, including Wireshark and Switched Port Analyzer.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
  • A Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited institution and 2–5 years of network engineering experience for Level II; a bachelor's degree and 5–10 years for Sr-level; or a bachelor's degree and 8+ years for Staff-level. An equivalent combination of education and experience is accepted for each level.
  • Required computer skills include Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to data and telemetry system architecture, testing, and operation for local and extended-range missions.
  • Support flight operations by ensuring data system assets are prepared for flight test.
  • Determine data flow based on customer needs and system capability, and advocate for upgraded systems when appropriate.
  • Develop and maintain software tools as required.
  • Develop and support telemetry, network, and data tests as required.
  • Collaborate with network engineers, data engineers, and telemetry technicians to accomplish goals.
  • Own the corporate network, including switches, firewalls, routers, Wi-Fi, network access control, and cloud networking products.
  • Serve as an expert resource for the Engineering team by providing best practices for airplane and vehicle networks.
  • Be available during tests and missions on headset as a point of escalation for networking issues.
  • Rack, patch, and label devices.
  • Maintain current network diagrams and documentation.
  • Use a change-control platform to document changes.
  • Keep devices up to date and perform emergency updates when common vulnerabilities and exposures are released.
  • Troubleshoot and fix network-related issues.
  • Work with Engineering to provide support and expertise for key networks and systems.
  • Own systems relating to vehicles, the control room, and the simulator, providing maintenance and upgrades as needed.
  • Provide solutions to complex computer and network challenges.
  • Deploy and manage servers and workstations.
  • Administer network switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, radio-frequency equipment, and Voice over Internet Protocol systems.
  • Provide project planning, management, and implementation.
  • Work in configuration-controlled environments and follow configuration-control policies.
  • Ensure systems are documented and implemented using best practices.
  • Travel to launch and recovery sites to support mission operations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards.
  • Experience operating a Mission Control Center console during flight operations.
  • Scripting experience, including Bash and Python.
  • Voice over Internet Protocol administration, including Cisco Call Manager.
  • Communications administration, including Clear-Com.
  • Radio-frequency analysis.
  • Security clearance.

About the Company

Stratolaunch

Designs, manufactures, and launches aerospace vehicles.

Stratolaunch designs, manufactures, and launches aerospace vehicles and technologies to meet national needs for reliable, routine access to space and to advance the United States’ ability to design and operate hypersonic vehicles. Its offerings span the full end-to-end process of aerospace programs, from initial design through manufacturing to launch operations. The company differentiates itself by focusing on practical space access and the development of hypersonic capabilities, aiming to support national security and defense needs rather than pursuing consumer or commercial applications. The goal is to provide dependable ways to reach space regularly while pushing forward the nation’s hypersonic design and operational expertise.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Mojave, CA
Founded
2011

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