Lead Engineer, Battery Storage - Memphis is open at xAI in Memphis, TN. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $238K. Posted on Aug 18, 2026, and still on xAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own the storage fleet as a power plant, not as an accessory: architecture, sizing, controls, safety case, and grid-forming behavior that lets the campus ride through compute step loads and generation contingencies Own BESS architecture: pack-to-MV-transformer grouping, string composition, medium-voltage collection topology, string-level protection, and physical block layout including spacing per NFPA 855 Own sizing…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on xAI’s careers page.
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