Civil Engineer (SpaceXAI Battery Storage)

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

Responsibilities:

• Design civil and site aspects for the battery storage plant, including pads, foundations, grading, drainage, access roads, fire lanes, and equipment yards.
• Support the fire and life-safety case with civil provisions such as water supply, hydrant layout, deflagration venting clearances, and emergency vehicle access.
• Coordinate seismic and severe-weather structural design for storage blocks, transformers, and equipment supports.
• Produce construction-ready civil packages, including site plans, sections, details, specifications, and bid support.
• Resolve field RFIs, submittals, and installation quality issues during construction.
• Coordinate underground electrical duct banks, oil containment, and grounding grid civil interfaces.
• Maintain as-built civil records for the storage plant.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of civil or structural design experience on industrial, energy, or data center sites.

Preferred Skills and Experiences:

• Professional Engineering license or intention to seek a PE license.
• NFPA 855 or energy-storage site civil experience.
• Experience with seismic qualification and severe-weather hardening of outdoor electrical equipment.
• AutoCAD Civil 3D or equivalent site-design software experience.
• Experience coordinating civil packages with medium-voltage collection and fire-protection design.
• Experience defending a design to an authority having jurisdiction.

Additional Requirements:

• Perform hands-on work in various environments, including heat, cold, rain, and at heights.
• Work extended hours and weekends as needed to support construction and operations.
• Remain focused in hazardous environments while wearing PPE.
• Lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support for emergencies.
• Willing to work on-site in Memphis, TN, with up to 25% travel for factory witness testing and supporting other sites.
• Valid driver's license.