Peak Energy

Engineering Finance Analyst

Burlingame, California · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$185kDetected 28 days ago

AccountingForecastingSupply ChainProcurementCadenceLeadershipRenewable Energy

About the role

Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid.
Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market.

Partner with Design and Manufacturing Engineering during product architecture and design reviews to quantify cost, margin, and lifecycle tradeoffs (including cost vs. performance decisions).
Develop and maintain should-cost models at the system, sub-system, and component level and use them to set/validate cost targets.
Own Engineering Finance forecasting for key programs (e.g., engineering spend, prototypes/pilots, tooling/NRE) and provide clear executive visibility into spend vs. plan, risks, and decisions.
Track and proactively manage cost-reduction / profit-improvement initiatives (design changes, supplier initiatives, yield/scrap improvements), including savings estimates, timing, and verification.
Partner with supply chain on supplier selection, sourcing, and make vs. buy decisions.
Support supply chain team with building inventory and procurement models to forecast ordering timing and quantities.
Own end-to-end financial management of the manufacturing facility capital budget, including equipment, tooling, infrastructure, and construction-related capex.
Build and own capex models linking facility investment to capacity, throughput, and cost targets.

Translate engineering changes (BOM, specs, tolerances, performance) into financial impact on unit economics, COGS, and gross margin.
Analyze sourcing decisions and how they impact overall landed costs, including qualification for federal tax incentives.
Analyze capex investments (tooling, automation, equipment) and ROI tradeoffs as volume scales.
Establish early capital governance (approval thresholds, controls, documentation, capitalization policy).
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering or related field.
2-4+ years in capital finance, operations finance, project finance, or engineering finance, ideally in hardware, energy, industrials, or infrastructure-heavy environments.
Strong understanding of PO workflows, change orders, milestone payments, and capital controls. </span

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other

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