Desri Careers
Manager or Senior Manager, Design Engineering, Energy Storage
Houston, TX · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$180kDetected 6 days ago
NLPProcurementElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsLoad TestingCommunicationRenewable EnergySCADA
About the role
- DESRI is seeking a talented and highly motivated individual to join its Engineering and BESS team as a Manager or Director, Battery Engineer, title to be commensurate with experience.
- You will work closely with procurement, pre-construction, construction, engineering, and external suppliers to ensure projects are technically sound, executable under EPC delivery models, and aligned with DESRI's performance and reliability expectations.
Responsibilities
- You will lead the technical definition and engineering oversight of DESRI's battery energy storage system balance of system scope from early development through turnover to operations.
- include defining technical standards, project design requirements, and specifications, reviewing EPC and OEM deliverables for compliance with project requirements, resolving interface issues, and supporting cost optimization efforts as the battery subject matter expert.
- include: Establish technical standards, basis-of-design criteria, and specification packages for battery systems and related plant interfaces.
- Define project-level BESS design criteria, including LV collection systems, inverter strategy, layout optimization, auxiliary power optimization, and key integration assumptions.
- Translate and ensure compliance with project constraints, interconnection, offtaker, and AHJ requirements, and operating use cases into clear BESS plant design requirements.
- Lead technical review of OEM proposals, design packages, exceptions, deviations, and submittals.
- Support technical diligence for equipment selection, without owning commercial negotiations or sourcing process administration.
- Partner with the BESS Procurement Engineer to ensure supplier technical schedules reflect DESRI's design intent and interface requirements.
- Serve as the technical escalation point for BESS-related RFIs, design clarifications, and field engineering issues.
- Review supplier and EPC technical changes for consistency with design intent and project requirements.
Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in engineering, electrical engineering, power systems, or a related technical field.
- Experience with system integration across multiple suppliers and disciplines, particularly for utility-scale BESS projects.
- Experience with fire protection engineering deliverables, fire alarm design, NFPA 72 and NFPA 855 requirements for utility-scale BESS sites.
- Qualifications An undergraduate degree in engineering, electrical engineering, power systems, or a related technical field.
Nice to have
- Preferred Experience Experience with both fully integrated BESS OEM offerings and DC block / split-package delivery structures.
Compensation
- $150k-$180k
Company info
- At DESRI, our culture is grounded in rigorous analytics and thoughtful risk-taking, with a strong emphasis on creativity, intellectual curiosity, and continuous improvement.
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