Electrical Engineering Manager, Microgrids (Equity)

Strativ Group; North Carolina; On-site; USD 170,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity / Employee share plan

Job summary

Strativ Group in Raleigh, NC is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager for Microgrids & Power Integration to lead the electrical function and own the system architecture. The role starts with a team of 4–5 engineers and scales as the product enters deployment, combining hands-on hardware work with strategic leadership.

You will guide power‑electronics design, BESS integration, switchgear, and energy storage, while driving DFMEA, validation, and certification.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across power electronics, electrical distribution or complex system integration.
• Previous experience leading or managing electrical engineers
• Strong knowledge of microgrids, BESS, generation assets and power-conversion systems
• Experience taking hardware through a formal product-development lifecycle
• Knowledge of electrical simulation, modeling and ECAD tools
• Familiarity with NEC/NFPA 70, UL 1741, UL 9540, UL 2200 or IEEE 1547

Responsibilities

• Leading, developing and mentoring a growing electrical engineering team
• Supporting recruitment and helping scale the team from 4–5 to approximately 8–10 people
• Setting technical priorities, allocating resources and ensuring projects are delivered effectively
• Owning system‑level electrical architecture, requirements and product specifications
• Establishing power‑distribution, grounding and protection strategies
• Integrating BESS, power‑conversion equipment, generation assets and switchgear
• Leading supplier design reviews and overseeing third‑party subsystems
• Driving hardware development through DFMEA, DVP&R, testing and certification
• Leading hardware bring‑up, verification, commissioning and root‑cause troubleshooting
• Representing electrical engineering across mechanical, firmware, software and product teams

Skills

Power electronics

Electrical distribution

System integration

Technical leadership

Architectural thinking

Tools

ECAD tools

Electrical simulation

Job description

Strativ Group in Raleigh, NC is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager for Microgrids & Power Integration to lead the electrical function and own the system architecture. The role starts with a team of 4–5 engineers and scales as the product enters deployment, combining hands-on hardware work with strategic leadership.

You will guide power‑electronics design, BESS integration, switchgear, and energy storage, while driving DFMEA, validation, and certification.