Join the High Power Engineering team supporting SpaceXAI to design, build, operate, and maintain electrical infrastructure for AI training campuses. As a Network Engineer on the Battery Storage team, you will work with a small on‑site team to scale high‑capacity power systems on a schedule set by compute demand. The position is based in Memphis, TN, with potential travel to other sites.
Network Engineer (Battery Storage) at xAI
On-site - Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Skills
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline, or 6+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- 3+ years of industrial, utility, or operational technology network engineering
- Hands-on configuration of managed industrial switches and routers
- Experience with at least one industrial protocol stack: Modbus TCP, DNP3, or IEC 61850
- Hands-on fiber optic termination, testing, and troubleshooting
- BESS, solar, or substation automation network experience
- IEC 61850 station and process bus design including GOOSE performance requirements
- IEC 62443 or NERC CIP program experience
- Cisco, Hirschmann, Moxa, RuggedCom, or comparable industrial platform experience
- Familiarity with industrial communications protocols and networking: Modbus, IEEE C37.115, IEEE C37.111, DNP3, etc
- Perform hands‑on work in all environments (heat, cold, rain), in tight quarters or at heights
- Work extended hours and weekends as needed to support construction, energization, and operations
- Remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing appropriate PPE
- Lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted
- Provide 24/7 on‑call support for emergencies
- Willing to work on‑site in Memphis, TN. This is not a remote or hybrid role
- Travel up to 25% for factory witness testing, vendor and OEM engagement, and supporting other sites
- Valid driver's license
Responsibilities
- Own the operational technology network the storage fleet runs on: packs, inverters, medium‑voltage collection, and the plant controller must talk deterministically, redundantly, and securely
- Own site network architecture: topology, redundancy, switch selection and configuration, VLAN and subnet design, and IP addressing across the fleet
- Own the fiber and copper physical plant: single‑mode and multimode runs, splice plans, patch panel layout, labeling, OTDR acceptance testing, and pathway coordination
- Own industrial protocol integration across Modbus TCP, DNP3, and IEC 61850 including GOOSE, plus mapping between pack controllers, PCS, plant controller, and EMS
- Own precision time distribution using PTP per IEEE 1588 and IRIG‑B for sequence‑of‑events and disturbance analysis
- Own OT cybersecurity for the storage plant: segmentation per IEC 62443, firewall rules, remote access, patch and firmware management, and applicable NERC CIP evidence
- Specify and commission industrial switches, media converters, gateways, protocol converters, terminal servers, and time sources; own configuration backup and change management
- Support commissioning with network validation, latency and packet‑loss testing, failover testing, and pack‑level communications troubleshooting
Technologies
Modbus TCPDNP3IEC 61850GOOSEPTPIEEE 1588IRIG-BIEC 62443NERC CIPCiscoHirschmannMoxaRuggedComindustrial switchesroutersfiber optic terminationOTDRprotocol convertersterminal serverstime sourcesIEEE C37.115IEEE C37.111
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