Network Engineer, Battery Storage - Memphis

The role

You will design, build, operate and maintain the network and communications systems for battery storage plants that support AI training campuses. You will work with a small on-site team in Memphis, TN, on a schedule set by compute demand.

What you will do

• Own the operational technology network for packs, inverters, medium-voltage collection and the plant controller
• Own site network architecture, switch configuration, VLAN and subnet design, and IP addressing
• Own fiber and copper physical plant, including splicing, labeling, OTDR testing and pathway coordination
• Own industrial protocol integration across Modbus TCP, DNP3 and IEC 61850 including GOOSE
• Own precision time distribution using PTP (IEEE 1588) and IRIG-B
• Own OT cybersecurity for the storage plant, including IEC 62443 segmentation, firewall rules, remote access and patch management
• Specify and commission industrial switches, media converters, gateways, protocol converters and time sources
• Own configuration backup and change management
• Support commissioning with network validation, latency and packet-loss testing, and failover testing
• Troubleshoot pack-level communications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or a technical discipline, OR 6+ years of professional networking experience in place of a degree
• 3+ years of industrial, utility or operational technology network engineering experience
• Hands-on work in all environments (heat, cold, rain), in tight quarters or at heights
• Remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing appropriate PPE
• Lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Valid driver's license
• Willing to work on-site in Memphis, TN

Nice to have

• Hands-on configuration of managed industrial switches and routers
• Experience with at least one industrial protocol stack: Modbus TCP, DNP3 or IEC 61850
• Hands-on fiber optic termination, testing and troubleshooting
• BESS, solar or substation automation network experience
• IEC 61850 station and process bus design including GOOSE performance requirements
• IEC 62443 or NERC CIP program experience
• Cisco, Hirschmann, Moxa, RuggedCom or comparable industrial platform experience
• Familiarity with industrial protocols and networking such as Modbus, IEEE C37.115, IEEE C37.111 and DNP3

Before you apply

• Must be willing to work on-site in Memphis, TN; this is not a remote or hybrid role
• Requires a valid driver's license
• Requires 24/7 on-call support for emergencies

About the company

SpaceX was founded to make life multiplanetary. SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence, including Colossus supercomputers and Grok models and applications.