# Lead Engineer (Battery Storage)

**Company**: SpaceXAI
**Location**: Memphis, TN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the High Power Engineering team at SpaceXAI to design, build, operate, and maintain electrical infrastructure for AI training campuses. As a Lead Engineer for Battery Storage, you will work on-site in Memphis, TN, with a small team to scale high-capacity power systems according to compute demand.

## Responsibilities:

- Lead the storage fleet as a power plant, focusing on architecture, sizing, controls, safety, and grid-forming behavior.

- Develop BESS architecture, including pack-to-MV-transformer grouping, string composition, and medium-voltage collection topology.

- Determine sizing requirements based on compute duty cycles, step loads, and utilization rates.

- Establish inverter control strategies for grid-forming and grid-following, including droop and virtual inertia.

- Create the plant controller and EMS functional specification for dispatch, state-of-charge management, and peak shaving.

- Develop the fire and life-safety case, adhering to UL 9540 and 9540A standards.

- Manage the OEM relationship, including technical requirements and performance guarantees.

- Direct various teams, including Design, Commissioning, Ops/Build, Network, Civil, and Program Manager.

## Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline.

- 8+ years of experience in power systems engineering.

- 4+ years of direct experience with utility-scale or large commercial and industrial battery energy storage.

## Preferred Skills and Experiences:

- Experience sizing storage against real duty cycles.

- Knowledge of NFPA 855, UL 9540 and 9540A, IEEE 1547, and IEEE 2800.

- Utility-scale BESS fleet experience.

- Understanding of grid-forming inverter control.

- PSCAD or other EMT modeling experience.

- Professional Engineering license or intention to seek one.

- Experience building and leading an engineering team.

## Additional Requirements:

- Ability to perform hands-on work in various environments.

- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

- Ability to remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing PPE.

- Physical ability to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted.

- Availability for 24/7 on-call support for emergencies.

- Valid driver's license and willingness to travel up to 25%.

## Skills

### Required
- power systems engineering
- battery energy storage
- electrical engineering
- grid-forming inverter control
- PSCAD

### Nice to have
- NFPA 855
- UL 9540 and 9540A
- IEEE 1547
- IEEE 2800
- utility-scale BESS fleet experience
- Professional Engineering license

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