Peak Energy
Techno-Economic Product Manager
Burlingame, California · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 28 days ago
PythonMATLABProduct ManagementProduct StrategySalesExcelPower ElectronicsLeadershipCommunicationRenewable Energy
About the role
- Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market.
- Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, Apple, Powin, Enovix, Zipline, Solid Power, and Fluence.
- In this role, you will evaluate product costs, performance trade-offs, and market dynamics to guide product strategy and competitive positioning.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Applied Physics, Energy Systems, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in energy storage, power systems, renewables, or grid-connected products.
- Experience as a Battery Storage Product Manager, Energy Storage Product Manager, BESS Market Analyst, Grid Storage Modeling Manager, or Energy Modeling Analyst is helpful
- Proficiency in technical analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB) and Excel-based modeling.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical and economic concepts and learnings to executives and non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity with wholesale electricity markets and grid service use cases (e.g., frequency regulation, energy shifting, capacity).
Nice to have
- Energy management system development experience.
- Familiarity with US diurnal energy markets and policies.
- We strongly encourage women, people of color, and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.
- We value skills, potential, and perspective over specific credentials.
- If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't look perfect on paper, we still want to hear from you.
- Speed Through Focus - Move fast but understand why.
- Focus on the goal, don't sacrifice quality.
- Mission Over Self - It's about the greater good
Company info
- 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.
- We are backed by strategic investment and product partners such as TDK Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.
- We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the new performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.
- About the Job - Techno-Economic Product Manager
- We are seeking an analytically driven and technically grounded Techno-Economic Product Manager to support the development and commercialization of our utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Your insights will help shape the roadmap, feature set, and go-to-market plans for our grid-scale energy storage solutions.
- (Responsibilities)
- Own, build and maintain detailed cost and application-level performance models for utility-scale BESS from inputs to results and conclusions.
- Act as a key customer for Peak's cell and system level performance models, collaborating with team members to guide Peak's modeling efforts.
- Analyze product competitiveness by benchmarking Peak's products against incumbent competitor offerings and emerging technologies
- Support product roadmap decisions by identifying market-driven design trade-offs (e.g., lifetime vs. capex, efficiency vs. size).
- Translate evolving energy storage market needs into technical product requirements.
- Conduct techno-economic assessments (e.g., TCO, LCOS, energy asset revenue generation, payback period) across various grid services and business models.
- Inform the definitions of Peak's performance guarantees and product warranties.
- Monitor key energy markets (e.g., CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, Australia, EU) to identify product-market fit opportunities and revenue potential.
- Provide technical insights to inform go-to-market strategies, RFP responses, and sales enablement materials.
- Track and synthesize relevant high-level updates to standards, regulations, and interconnection requirements that may impact product design or market access.
- Collaborate with finance, regulatory, and commercial teams to align technical product capabilities with broader business strategy.
- What You'll Bring (Qualifications)
- 5+ years of experience in energy storage, power systems, renewables, or grid-connected products. • Experience as a Battery Storage Product Manager, Energy Storage Product Manager, BESS Market Analyst, Grid Storage Modeling Manager, or Energy Modeling Analyst is helpful
- Strong grasp of BESS architecture, component functions, and system integration considerations.
- Experience translating energy market needs into actionable product architecture and design decisions.
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