Sustaining Engineer, Independent Contractor/Consultant

🕒 July 28

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Smart Wires Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2010

⚡ Energy

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Energy • Hardware • B2B

Smart Wires Inc. is a company that delivers grid-enhancing technologies and services to electricity transmission operators. Its primary product, SmartValve, is an advanced power-flow control hardware device that gives grid operators direct, real-time control over power flows to increase firm, controllable transfer capacity on existing transmission infrastructure; the company also offers SUMO dynamic line-rating software and analytics and advisory services to support deployment and planning. Smart Wires positions its solutions as faster, modular, relocatable, and utility-grade alternatives to long-lead transmission upgrades, and reports deployments across multiple continents (5+ GW delivered, 40+ transmission circuits, presence in 15+ countries) with typical installation timelines of 12–18 months.

📋 Description

• Provide specialized, project-based engineering services to our Global Engineering team on a contract basis. • Provide technical expertise supporting deployed assets across their lifecycle, from commissioning through retirement. • Help establish proactive approaches to identifying and managing field issues. • Provide technical analysis and recommendations related to field issues. • Monitor performance trends across deployed devices and systems. • Develop written maintenance recommendations for deployed assets. • Guide Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities. • Recommend and support implementation of design improvements for released products. • Collaborate with internal engineering stakeholders and customer-facing teams as needed to support successful outcomes.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience in customer-facing roles within the electric power sector, preferably supporting technical products or field operations. • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or equivalent technical background. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible technical experience. • Supporting utility products in field environments. • Conducting RCAs. • Designing power-electronics-based products. • Troubleshooting PCBAs.

🏖️ Benefits

• This is a remote, independent contractor engagement with flexible scheduling. • Estimated commitment of approximately 20 hours per week. • Actual scheduling is at Consultant’s discretion, with reasonable efforts to be available for pre-scheduled meetings with internal stakeholders and customers during standard business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET). • Engagement term is anticipated to be approximately no more than 3 months but could be extended. • No travel is anticipated for this engagement.