OT Systems Engineer
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
Funding history
About SpaceXAI
SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will implement and support backend infrastructure for controls and industrial software platforms. You will design, deploy, maintain, monitor, and secure OT environments; support critical operations; automate infrastructure; document architectures and procedures; and collaborate on reliable industrial control systems across sites.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration
- Hands-on experience with multiple industry-standard controls software platforms and tools
- Experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting OT environments in high-reliability settings
- Willingness to participate in after-hours on-call rotation and work extended hours or weekends as needed
- Willingness to travel up to 20%, including flying to other sites worldwide
- Ability to lift 30 lbs
- Ability to work at heights
- Active valid driver's license
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and augment next-generation OT environments supporting plant and launch systems
- Install, configure, maintain, and support controls software platforms and internally developed HMIs
- Integrate IT technologies to simplify management, improve security, and create scalable plant environments
- Deploy and maintain development, test, and staging environments
- Provide direct support during launch, test, and production campaigns
- Perform systems and software upgrades and maintenance between critical operations
- Monitor services and respond to incidents to maintain availability and performance
- Leverage automation tools and contribute to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps initiatives
- Collaborate on simulation and emulation environments to improve test coverage and change control
- Write and maintain standards, architectures, best practices, and technical documentation
- Collaborate with internal teams, customers, and integrators to design OT architectures and resolve issues
- Ensure OT systems comply with industry and cybersecurity standards