Senior Telecommunications Engineer

Fervo Energy • Salt Lake City, UT

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Fervo Energy is hiring a Senior Telecommunications Engineer to own physical network planning, design, records, and acceptance across outside-plant fiber, inside-plant fiber, structured copper cabling, pathways, telecommunications rooms, racks, cabinets, and passive connectivity. As Fervo’s sole dedicated specialist in this area, the role will build the infrastructure records program and serve as the accountable owner of enterprise fiber records across IT, OT/I&C, and sensing. Records must be updated for all planned, built, spliced, or repurposed fiber.

This senior individual contributor leads physical-layer design and contractor oversight and resolves field issues. Network engineers own layers 2–7, including switching, routing, segmentation, and configuration; system owners define device functionality. The role reports to the IT Infrastructure Manager. It may be based in Salt Lake City, UT, or Houston, TX, with regular in-office presence and some hybrid flexibility. Travel averages 30%, with significant field presence during construction.

The position develops and maintains authoritative fiber and GIS records; designs shared fiber and copper infrastructure; prepares drawings, schedules, specifications, and bills of materials; and coordinates infrastructure requirements with IT, OT/I&C, sensing, construction, facilities, and other teams. It also leads contractor procurement, delivery, inspection, testing, acceptance, and closeout, while supporting physical-layer reliability and maintaining controlled records for applicable compliance and audit needs.

Requirements

• Seven or more years of relevant telecommunications infrastructure experience, including OSP fiber and premises fiber/copper structured cabling design and independent project ownership through construction acceptance.
• Demonstrated experience building or running a fiber records program using a fiber management system or GIS as the authoritative record for strand inventory, splice documentation, as-builts, and field reconciliation.
• Experience designing pathways, telecommunications spaces, racks, cabinets, and passive connectivity; ability to produce or direct construction drawings and specifications using GIS and CAD tools.
• Working knowledge of applicable TIA and BICSI practices and installation codes; ability to translate network, sensing, and other specialist requirements into coordinated physical infrastructure designs.
• Ability to interpret OTDR traces, optical loss measurements, and copper cabling certification reports; troubleshoot physical-layer faults and make evidence-based acceptance decisions.
• Experience developing bid packages, managing contractors, resolving field discrepancies, and enforcing documentation and closeout requirements.
• Demonstrated self-sufficiency, sound technical judgment, clear documentation, and ability to prioritize multiple sites and escalate risks with actionable recommendations.
• Degree in engineering, telecommunications, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) credential; BICSI Outside Plant (OSP) or relevant fiber and copper testing credentials.
• Experience in telecommunications consulting, structured cabling design, utilities, industrial facilities, or large campus infrastructure.
• Experience launching a records program from scratch or implementing GIS and fiber management tools across multiple sites.
• Entrepreneurial mindset demonstrated by establishing practical standards and scalable processes in an evolving environment.
• Familiarity with fiber optic sensing, including distributed acoustic or temperature sensing; industrial OT/I&C; or infrastructure audit evidence practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the authoritative fiber management system and GIS records, including strand allocations by IT, OT, or sensing function; dark fiber; splice schematics and enclosures; conduit and innerduct occupancy; and routes.
• Build the infrastructure records program, select and implement tools with stakeholders, establish a verified baseline, and maintain copper cable identifiers, outlets, patch-panel ports, rack layouts, and physical connectivity records.
• Require contractor as-builts within 10 business days of construction completion, and gate closeout and final payment on delivery, review, acceptance, and ingestion of required records and test results in coordination with Procurement and project teams.
• Document splices, reroutes, strand reassignments, cable additions, and patching changes through change control; treat undocumented changes as defects and verify correction.
• Reconcile records against physical infrastructure at least annually and after major projects; track discrepancies, overdue documentation, record accuracy, and remediation.
• Design shared OSP and ISP fiber and structured copper infrastructure with IT, OT/I&C, sensing, and construction teams, planning capacity, route diversity, building entrances, terminations, and future expansion.
• Prepare and review route drawings, cable and strand schedules, splice plans, optical loss budgets, rack elevations, patching layouts, bills of materials, and construction specifications using GIS and CAD tools.
• Define telecommunications requirements for conduit, duct banks, innerduct, cable trays, rooms, racks, and cabinets; coordinate utility conflicts, permitting, power, cooling, grounding and bonding, and building penetrations with civil, electrical, and facilities teams.
• Plan physical connectivity for access points, cameras, access-control devices, and industrial network endpoints using requirements from network engineers and system owners; account for cable reach, media, environment, and Power over Ethernet cabling requirements.
• Establish cabling standards for capacity, separation, labeling, and testing, and coordinate access-point placement with the RF design team.
• Translate sensing-team and vendor requirements into fiber, pathway, splicing, termination, testing, and documentation specifications; support installation and troubleshooting and obtain sensing-team approval before changes affecting measurement performance.
• Develop competitive bid packages, scopes, estimates, schedules, and acceptance criteria; evaluate proposals and recommend vendors with Procurement.
• Direct contractors and design consultants through detailed design and construction; review submittals and field changes, inspect installations, and resolve design and workmanship deficiencies.
• Coordinate site access, work sequencing, and service impacts with project and operations teams.
• Review OTDR traces, optical loss results, copper permanent-link certification, labeling, and workmanship against specifications; require correction and retesting of deficient work before acceptance.
• Diagnose physical connectivity faults and direct restoration with contractors and network engineers; verify repair quality, service handoff, and record updates.
• Coordinate field work with site safety and work-control processes.
• Maintain controlled, traceable fiber records supporting applicable NERC CIP-005/CIP-006 audit evidence and SOX IT general controls change documentation with Cybersecurity and Compliance, including fiber serving BES Cyber Systems or traversing associated security perimeters.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• A 401(k) plan with up to 6% match.
• Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot.
• A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses.
• An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care.
• Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed