Lead Battery Storage Engineer – On-Site Grid-Forming

xAI; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXAI seeks a Lead Engineer for Battery Storage to design, build, operate, and maintain high-capacity energy systems on a campus-scale site in Memphis, TN. You will lead a small on-site team, own architecture, controls, safety, and integration with grid operations.

The role requires deep knowledge of power systems, inverter controls, and fire-safety compliance, with travel to other sites as needed. On-site, hands-on leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years in power systems engineering.
• 4+ years directly on utility-scale or large commercial and industrial battery energy storage.

Responsibilities

• Own the storage fleet as a power plant: architecture, sizing, controls, safety case, and grid-forming behavior.
• Own BESS architecture: pack-to-MV-transformer grouping, string composition, MV collection topology, string protection, block layout per NFPA 855.
• Translate compute duty cycles into power and energy requirements; own sizing.
• Own inverter control strategy: grid-forming vs grid-following, droop, inertia, fault-current contribution, ride-through.
• Specify plant controller and EMS functions: dispatch, state-of-charge, peak shaving, spinning-reserve, islanding, and black-start.
• Own fire and life-safety case: UL 9540/9540A basis, thermal runaway, venting, water supply, emergency plan, AHJ engagement.
• Manage OEM relationship: requirements, factory testing, performance guarantees, degradation and augmentation planning.
• Direct Design, Commissioning, Ops/Build, Network, Civil, and Program Manager seats on Battery Storage.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Battery energy storage

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PSCAD

IEEE 1547

UL 9540/9540A

Job description

SpaceXAI seeks a Lead Engineer for Battery Storage to design, build, operate, and maintain high-capacity energy systems on a campus-scale site in Memphis, TN. You will lead a small on-site team, own architecture, controls, safety, and integration with grid operations.

The role requires deep knowledge of power systems, inverter controls, and fire-safety compliance, with travel to other sites as needed. On-site, hands-on leadership is essential.