Hands-on Battery Storage Network Engineer (Industrial OT)

xAI; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXAI is seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, operate, and maintain OT network infrastructure for AI training campuses. Based in Memphis, TN, you will join a small on‑site team to scale high‑capacity power systems on a schedule driven by compute demand.

You will own network topology, security, and integration with PLCs and EMS, with extensive hands‑on work in challenging environments. This on‑site role requires travel and a strong dedication to reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related technical discipline or 6+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of industrial, utility, or operational technology network engineering.
• On-site Memphis, TN role with up to 25% travel for site support and testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational technology network the storage fleet runs on with deterministic, redundant, secure communications.
• Own site network architecture including topology, redundancy, and IP design across the fleet.
• Own fiber and copper physical plant including fiber runs, splice plans, patch layouts, and testing.
• Own industrial protocol integration across Modbus TCP, DNP3, IEC 61850 including GOOSE and mapping between controllers.
• Own precision time distribution using PTP (IEEE 1588) and IRIG-B for event sequencing.
• Own OT cybersecurity for the storage plant per IEC 62443, firewall rules, and patch management.
• Specify and commission industrial switches, media converters, gateways, and time sources; manage backups.
• Support commissioning with network validation, latency testing, failover testing, and troubleshooting.

Skills

Industrial networking

Network troubleshooting

OT security

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

Tools

Cisco equipment

Hirschmann switches

Moxa devices

RuggedCom gear

Job description

SpaceXAI is seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, operate, and maintain OT network infrastructure for AI training campuses. Based in Memphis, TN, you will join a small on‑site team to scale high‑capacity power systems on a schedule driven by compute demand.

You will own network topology, security, and integration with PLCs and EMS, with extensive hands‑on work in challenging environments. This on‑site role requires travel and a strong dedication to reliability.