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Director - TeraWave Ground Infrastucture

Greater Seattle Area💼 Full-time💰 $371,226–$371,226🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead end-to-end design, deployment, and operational scaling of high-capacity terrestrial and ground networking architecture connecting satellite constellations to the global internet.

Role type

Director of Ground Infrastructure (Network Architecture & Data Center Operations)

Builds

Global IP/MPLS backbone, gateway earth stations, SatOps facilities, and Points of Presence (PoPs) for TeraWave satellite network.

Domain

Space communications, carrier-grade networking, hyperscale data center infrastructure.

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Large-scale IP routing (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), hardware rack architecture, IP transit negotiation, global site acquisition, cross-border telecom compliance, CapEx budget management, team leadership.

Preferred skills

Cisco CCIE certification, FPGA/NPU integration, crisis management for network outages.

Technologies

IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, COTS routers/switches, FPGA, NPUs, ASIC white-box switches, dark fiber, IXPs.

Responsibilities

Design and scale global IP/MPLS backbone; configure advanced routing protocols and traffic engineering; architect hardware racks and ToR switching; negotiate tier-1 IP transit and peering; manage physical site selection and data center build-out; lead global engineering and deployment teams.

Seniority

Director, executive-level hands-on IC with strategic oversight.

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