Staff Project Engineer – Grid Scale

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Mainspring Energy

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Manufacturing • Logistics • Consulting

Mainspring Energy is a pioneering energy technology company that develops high-efficiency power generation solutions. Their flagship product, the Mainspring Linear Generator, delivers reliable local power at any scale and is designed for flexibility to utilize increasingly cleaner fuels as they become available. Mainspring is committed to advancing the energy landscape by promoting local power generation, enhancing resilience, and reducing carbon emissions, all while providing cost-effective solutions for a diverse range of applications, including commercial, industrial, and utility projects.

📋 Description

• Lead the technical definition and direction of assigned grid-scale projects, including site layouts, single-line diagrams, equipment selection, controls, communications, network security, protection, metering, grounding, code compliance, fuel systems, and safety systems • Serve as technical integrator across electrical, mechanical, civil, controls, fuel, and utility scopes • Coordinate designs, value engineering, interface reviews, project managers, development, procurement, and stakeholders within timelines and budgets • Support interconnection applications, studies, agreements, and technical data requirements • Define plant service and protection schemes for large-load and data center sites, including islanding, load-following, and transfer schemes • Specify medium-voltage and plant interconnection equipment, fuel equipment, EPC scopes, design standards, sequences of operation, and testing procedures • Work with clients and engineering partners to translate requirements into plan sets and close design, performance, scope, and responsibility gaps • Answer RFIs, approve submittals, review designs, and approve design variances • Conduct engineering reviews of site assessments, inspections, and power system studies • Ensure controls and protection settings meet utility, ISO/RTO, IEEE, NERC, and FERC requirements • Monitor changes to grid codes, utility handbooks, and industry standards and compile compliance risks • Support permitting for large facilities • Lead final grid code compliance demonstrations, relay checkout, commissioning, energization, witness testing, metering checkout, utility acceptance testing, and final Permission to Operate • Develop improvement initiatives using Lean or similar methods • Document execution challenges and create training and instructional materials • Travel to project sites at varying stages based on availability

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline; power systems emphasis preferred; Mechanical, Systems, Controls, or Mechatronics considered • Technical degree and equivalent experience may be substituted • 8+ years of relevant experience as a project engineer or power systems engineer • At least 2–5 years in a direct contributing role on grid-scale generation or storage projects • Experience with technologies including solar PV, central inverters, battery energy storage systems, modular generation packages, microturbines, reciprocating engines/gensets, large fuel cells, cogen/CHP, plant controllers/DERMS, or virtual power plants • Experience with project management, medium-voltage (5 kV+) distribution and protection system design, SCADA/PPC/EMS, technical drawings and construction plan sets, and electrical system troubleshooting • Familiarity with construction processes, sequencing, and contractor management for large generation sites • Ability to review, cross-reference, and approve multidisciplinary EPC design packages • Knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE 1547/2800 and C37 series, UL 1741, utility interconnection handbooks, regional grid codes, and power system equipment practices • Working knowledge of FERC interconnection requirements and NERC reliability standards • Understanding of medium-voltage protection functions, utility-grade protective relays such as SEL, revenue metering, and point-of-interconnection design • Ability to interpret power system studies, including load flow, short circuit, coordination, arc flash, power quality, and dynamic/ride-through studies, using ETAP, SKM, CYME, or PSS/E • Familiarity with SCADA systems, power plant controllers, and industrial network protocols/devices including DNP3, Modbus, and IEC 61850 • Excellent decision-making, communication, time-management, documentation, and organizational skills • Self-directed, with an ownership mindset and enthusiasm for building processes within a growing team

🏖️ Benefits

• Pre-IPO stock options • Benefits • Salary adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location and experience • Opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge