Senior Telecommunications Engineer

About Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is a modern power company developing next-generation geothermal resources to meet the growing demand for affordable, reliable, 24/7 carbon-free energy. Our mission is to transform geothermal into America’s most dependable and affordable source of clean, around-the-clock power. By combining innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and advanced reservoir engineering, Fervo has developed a repeatable approach to building utility-scale enhanced geothermal systems. Our flagship Cape Station development in Utah is planned to deliver 500 MW of firm, carbon-free power, and we are advancing a development pipeline of more than 50 GW. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, geoscientists, operators, project builders, and business leaders working to make geothermal a cornerstone of a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future.
Position Description
The Senior Telecommunications Engineer owns physical network planning, design, records, and acceptance: outside plant (OSP) fiber, inside plant (ISP) fiber and structured copper cabling, pathways, telecommunications rooms, racks, cabinets, and passive connectivity.
Fervo’s sole dedicated specialist builds the records program and is the single accountable owner of the enterprise fiber record across IT, operational technology and instrumentation and controls (OT/I&C), and sensing. No fiber is planned, built, spliced, or repurposed without its record being updated.
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 and is based in Salt Lake City, UT, or Houston, TX. Travel averages 30%, with significant field presence during construction.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Records and Change Control
Own the authoritative fiber management system and geographic information system (GIS) records: strand allocation 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 appropriate tools with stakeholders, and establish a verified baseline. Maintain copper cable identifiers, outlets, patch-panel ports, rack layouts, and physical connectivity alongside fiber records.
Require contractor as-builts within 10 business days of construction completion. Gate contractor closeout and final payment on delivery, review, acceptance, and ingestion of as-builts, splice schematics, fiber test traces, and copper certification results, as applicable, 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, and record accuracy, and verify remediation.
Physical Network Planning and Design
Design shared OSP and ISP fiber and structured copper infrastructure with IT, OT/I&C, sensing, and construction teams; plan 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 supplied by 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; 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; sensing specialists own equipment configuration and measurement validation.
Contractor Delivery and Acceptance
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 optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) traces, optical loss results, copper permanent-link certification, labeling, and workmanship against specifications. Require correction and retesting of deficient work before acceptance.
Reliability and Compliance
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.