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Power System Engineer (Transmission & Distribution)

Memphis, TennesseemidAdded today

About this role

Join xAI's High Power Engineering team to design and maintain electrical infrastructure for AI training campuses. As a Power System Engineer in Memphis, TN, you'll own the critical power models, conduct complex electrical studies, and ensure safe, reliable operation of high-capacity systems supporting compute demand.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain the master power model for Memphis campus, including load flow, short circuit, arc flash, coordination, and transient stability studies
  • Create sitewide power budgets, monitoring systems, and metering infrastructure for mission-critical assets
  • Perform detailed electrical analysis and justify relay settings based on comprehensive system studies
  • Feed interconnection data, relay configurations, and battery storage sizing from a single unified model across teams
  • Design standardized study cases for facility expansions, storage dispatch, islanding, and black start scenarios
  • Ensure compliance with NFPA 70, 70B, 70E, NESC, and IEEE electrical safety and design standards

What they're looking for

  • Power systems analysis software (ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, PowerWorld, PSS/E, PSCAD, ASPEN)
  • Load flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, coordination, and transient stability studies
  • High-voltage industrial power systems design (up to 345 kV)
  • Electrical CAD tools (Revit, AutoCAD, NX)
  • Knowledge of switchgear, transformers, BESS, motors, relaying, and protective devices
  • Strong analytical and engineering fundamentals
  • Electrical safety standards and compliance (NFPA, NESC, IEEE)
  • Cross-functional communication and technical documentation
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xAI

xAI builds advanced AI infrastructure and systems, including the Grok model inference platform and Colossus GPU cluster. The company is hiring Mechanical, Electrical, and Facilities Engineers to design and maintain its data center operations, as well as Software Engineers to optimize high-performance inference systems and datacenter networking.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience developing and maintaining power system models—how have you ensured accuracy and prevented shadow models across different teams?
  • Describe a complex transient stability or grid-forming inverter interaction study you've performed. What challenges did you encounter and how did you resolve them?
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