Network Engineer Battery Storage
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 design, operate, and maintain the operational technology network for battery storage systems. You will define site network architecture, integrate industrial protocols, manage fiber and copper infrastructure, strengthen cybersecurity, commission equipment, and validate network performance during commissioning.
Requirements
- 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
- Ability to perform hands-on work in varying weather, tight quarters, and at heights
- 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
- Own operational technology networks for battery storage equipment
- Design network topology, redundancy, switching, VLANs, subnets, and IP addressing
- Manage fiber and copper physical infrastructure
- Integrate Modbus TCP, DNP3, and IEC 61850 protocols
- Implement PTP and IRIG-B time distribution
- Secure the storage plant network through segmentation, firewalls, remote access, and patch management
- Specify and commission industrial networking equipment
- Validate network performance, failover, latency, packet loss, and communications during commissioning