Mainspring Energy
Principal Electrical Engineer - Power Plant Integration Lead
Menlo Park, CA · Principal
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About the role
- This role sits at the intersection of power systems engineering, cross-functional hardware integration, and external vendor management.
- This includes ownership of the broader site: how generators, inverters, skids, and energy storage come together as a complete and configurable power solution.
- You will act as the technical anchor, translating high-level single-line diagrams and architectural concepts into robust, mass-manufacturable modular skid-based products.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrated experience driving the engineering lifecycle of modular hardware systems, including a strong grasp of design-to-cost principles, supplier capacity scaling, field reliability, and configuration control
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills with a track record of translating diverse technical requirements from electrical, mechanical, and operations teams into a cohesive, manufacturing-ready system design
- Demonstrated success directing 3rd-party design, engineering, or Contract Manufacturing (CM) partners from initial concept through to sustained volume production
Requirements
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 24+ years of direct experience productizing complex, multi-disciplinary industrial systems
- Strong working knowledge of grid interconnection standards, utility protection schemes, and safety/compliance frameworks (e.g., IEEE 1547, UL 1741 SB/SA, NFPA 70/NEC, NFPA 855)
Compensation
- $221k-$260k
Benefits
- Bonus Qualification(s)
- You will own the technical architecture and vision of how Mainspring power plant sites are built, including full ownership of the modular power skids.
Company info
- As we scale our deployments from Behind-The-Meter (BTM) commercial microgrids to utility-scale Front-of-the-Meter (FTM) power plants and data centers, we are expanding our system boundaries to provide fully integrated, turn-key power solutions.
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