Lead Engineer Battery Storage
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
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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.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead the architecture, sizing, controls, safety case, and grid-forming behavior of battery energy storage systems. You will define BESS topology, inverter and plant-control strategies, fire and life-safety requirements, OEM specifications, testing, performance guarantees, and degradation planning. You will coordinate design, commissioning, operations, civil, network, and program work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline
- 8+ years in power systems engineering
- 4+ years directly working on utility-scale or large commercial and industrial battery energy storage
- Ability to perform hands-on work in varied and hazardous environments
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Ability to provide 24/7 on-call emergency support
- Willingness to work on-site in Memphis, Tennessee
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Valid driver's license
Responsibilities
- Lead battery storage fleet architecture, sizing, controls, safety, and grid-forming behavior
- Define BESS grouping, string composition, medium-voltage topology, protection, and physical layout
- Translate compute duty cycles into power and energy requirements
- Define inverter control strategies and coordinate them with generation systems
- Specify plant controller and energy management system functions
- Lead fire and life-safety planning, emergency response, and authority engagement
- Manage OEM technical requirements, testing, guarantees, and augmentation planning
- Direct Battery Storage engineering functions as roles are filled