Founding Power Engineer

GRIDSIGHT; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Hybrid working environment

Founding-team mindset

Job summary

Gridsight is a rapidly growing Grid/CleanTech startup accelerating global electrification. You will blend technical consulting with solution delivery as a Power Engineering Lead across the UK/Europe.

You’ll drive pre-sales, support tenders, and act as a trusted advisor to utilities, delivering AI-driven grid analytics while guiding platform deployments and ongoing optimisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related field.
• 5–10 years in power systems engineering, distribution planning, or utilities/energy tech.
• Experience with PowerFactory/CYME/PSS/E and cloud SaaS tech is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced power engineering initiatives for grid analytics and modernisation.
• Drive pre-sales engagement, tender responses, and technical product demonstrations.
• Oversee end-to-end onboarding, data migration, and integration with third-party systems.
• Advise on roadmap input from UK/EU markets and best practices for data management.

Skills

Power engineering

Grid analytics

Pre-sales

Customer engagement

Technical leadership

Data migration

Cloud SaaS

Python/SQL

Regulatory trends

AI in power

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PowerFactory

CYME

PSS/E

AWS

Azure

SQL

Python

Job description

About Us

Gridsight is a rapidly growing Grid/CleanTech startup on a mission to accelerate global electrification and decarbonisation. We are building a vertical SaaS platform for electricity utilities, enabling them to modernise grid operations and unlock transformational capabilities such as dynamic operating envelopes and flexible interconnections. We raised our Series A funding from Airtree Ventures and Energy Transition Ventures, and are on track to 3x annual recurring revenue over 6 months in our lead up to Series B. If you’re talented, hungry and ambitious, come join us on our mission.

As a Power Engineering Lead at Gridsight, you will play a hybrid role blending technical consulting and solution delivery. You’ll be at the forefront of deploying and optimising our platform with utility customers - ensuring development and delivery of maximum value, while also advancing our thought-leadership in the industry. This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly scaling, venture-backed company in the power industry.

Role Overview

You will play a pivotal role in accelerating Gridsight’s expansion across the UK and Europe. Combining deep power engineering expertise with strong commercial acumen, you will drive pre-sales engagement, support tender responses, and act as a trusted advisor to utilities and distribution network operators (DNOs/DSOs) as they adopt Gridsight’s AI-driven grid analytics platform.

Key Responsibilities

Advanced Power Engineering Expertise

• Serve as an in-house subject matter expert on power distribution systems (distribution networks, LV/MV grid operation, grid modernisation)
• Provide technical leadership for customer teams transitioning to Gridsight-powered workflows, ensuring implementations are robust, compliant, and designed for long-term scalability.

Commercial and Technical-Led Sales

• Play a central role in commercial discovery, helping identify utilities that can build strong internal cases for adopting Gridsight.
• Develop and deliver compelling product demonstrations, technical workshops, and proof-of-concept engagements that clearly communicate the operational and commercial value of the Gridsight platform.
• Support the commercial team in preparing bids, tenders, RFIs/RFPs, innovation funding applications, and partner proposals, ensuring high-quality technical contributions.
• Act as the technical authority on customer calls, influencing decision-makers and helping progress opportunities through the sales pipeline.
• Foster long-term customer relationships by proactively monitoring platform usage, offering optimisation strategies, and ensuring high levels of satisfaction.

Implementation & Technical Onboarding

• Lead the end-to-end technical onboarding process for new utility customers, ensuring seamless deployment and configuration of Gridsight’s platform.
• Work closely with customers to understand their network characteristics, operational requirements, and compliance obligations, tailoring onboarding and workflow configurations accordingly.
• Oversee data migration, integration with third-party systems, and performance monitoring for smooth day-to-day operation.
• Partner with sales, client success, product, and engineering to continually improve the platform implementation and customer onboarding process.

Solution Customisation & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to feed in UK/EU market requirements, influencing the roadmap and advocating for features that improve commercial competitiveness.
• Advise customers on best practices for data management, engineering analytics, digital workflows, and the optimal use of AI-driven insights.
• Identify opportunities for additional value-added services, expanded deployments, and product enhancements based on customer feedback and emerging regulatory/market trends.

Thought Leadership & Market Engagement

• Represent Gridsight at UK/EU industry groups, conferences, webinars, and technical forums, contributing to conversations around flexibility markets, LV visibility, orchestration, and AI in power systems.
• Co-develop and present case studies, white papers, and technical insights that position Gridsight as a leader in grid digitalisation and advanced analytics.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders - from engineering managers to regulatory/strategy leaders - influencing grid modernisation strategies and articulating the commercial and operational benefits of Gridsight’s solutions.

Qualifications

Educational Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field.

Experience

• 5 - 10 years of experience in power systems engineering, distribution planning, or a related field within utilities or energy technology
• Demonstrated success in project management within the utilities or energy.
• Hands-on experience with advanced power system modeling tools (e.g., PowerFactory, CYME, PSS/E) and cloud-based SaaS technologies (AWS, Azure) is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in distribution system planning or DER integration with system integration, APIs, data management, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, SQL) for data processing.
• Understanding of regulations and emerging trends in energy markets.
• Knowledge of AI/ML applications in power systems is advantageous.

Soft Skills

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proven problem-solving abilities and a self-starter mentality, comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Effective project management skills, with a track record of coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring on-time, high-quality deliverables.

What we offer

• Join a rapidly scaling venture-backed company on the first floor, taking a founding-team mindset to a new market for the business.
• Highly competitive salary and equity package.
• Flexible, hybrid working environment with a high performing, mission-driven team.

Why This Role is Exciting

This is your chance to directly impact the growth of a category-defining, global company on the first floor. You'll shape the future of grid modernisation and resiliency, provide technical leadership, and help electricity utilities optimise their operations - all while being part of a dynamic, high-growth team.