Battery Storage Network Engineer — On‑Site OT Expert

SpaceXAI; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXAI is seeking a Network Engineer to join the Battery Storage team in Memphis, TN. You will own the operational technology network for the storage fleet, design site topology, handle industrial protocols, time distribution, OT cybersecurity, and support commissioning; travel up to 25%.

The role requires 3+ years in OT network engineering and a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. This is an on-site position in Memphis, TN.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related field, or 6+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of industrial, utility, or operational technology network engineering.

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.

Skills

Industrial OT networking

Site network design

Modbus TCP

DNP3

IEC 61850

Network security OT

Fiber optic

IP networking

Education

Bachelor's degree (EE/CE/CS) or 6+ years experience

Tools

Cisco switches

Hirschmann devices

Rugged industrial hardware

Job description

SpaceXAI is seeking a Network Engineer to join the Battery Storage team in Memphis, TN. You will own the operational technology network for the storage fleet, design site topology, handle industrial protocols, time distribution, OT cybersecurity, and support commissioning; travel up to 25%.

The role requires 3+ years in OT network engineering and a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. This is an on-site position in Memphis, TN.