Lead Engineer (Battery Storage) at SpaceXAI in Memphis, Tennessee. The role involves designing, building, operating, and maintaining high‑capacity battery energy storage systems to support AI training campuses. Responsibilities include owning the storage fleet, architecture, controls, safety case, and grid‑forming behavior, as well as managing BESS architecture, sizing, inverter control, plant controller, fire and life‑safety, OEM relationships, and coordinating cross‑functional teams. The position requires extensive experience in power systems engineering, battery energy storage, and related standards, and is on‑site with no remote or hybrid option.
Lead Engineer (Battery Storage) na xAI
Presencial - Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Skills
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline
- 8+ years in power systems engineering
- 4+ years directly on utility-scale or large commercial and industrial battery energy storage
- 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 storage fleet as a power plant, not as an accessory: architecture, sizing, controls, safety case, and grid‑forming behavior that lets the campus ride through compute step loads and generation contingencies
- Own BESS architecture: pack‑to‑MV‑transformer grouping, string composition, medium‑voltage collection topology, string‑level protection, and physical block layout including spacing per NFPA 855
- Own sizing; translate compute duty cycles — step loads, training‑job ramps, actual‑versus‑nameplate utilization — into power and energy requirements
- Own inverter control strategy: grid‑forming versus grid‑following, droop and virtual inertia, fault‑current contribution, ride‑through, and coordination with generation governors and excitation
- Own the plant controller and EMS functional specification: dispatch, state‑of‑charge management, peak shaving, spinning‑reserve emulation, islanding, and black‑start participation
- Own the fire and life‑safety case: UL 9540 and 9540A basis, thermal runaway propagation, deflagration venting, water supply, emergency response plan, and AHJ engagement
- Own the OEM relationship: technical requirements, factory testing, performance guarantees, and degradation and augmentation planning
- Direct Design, Commissioning, Ops/Build, Network, Civil, and Program Manager seats on Battery Storage as those seats fill
Technologies
NFPA 855UL 9540UL 9540AIEEE 1547IEEE 2800PSCADEMT modelinggrid‑forming inverter controlsynchronous machines
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