Electrical Reliability Engineer

NextGenEnergyJobs; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Highland Electric Fleets seeks an experienced field/infra engineer to perform depot inspections, validate energy quality, and ensure safe, reliable operation of upstream electrical infrastructure.

You will train field technicians, assess installations, and collaborate with engineering, procurement, and reliability teams to improve future sites and overall uptime.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in electrical, power, or infrastructure engineering with field time.
• Experience training or supporting field technicians, in person and remotely.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 70E and arc-flash principles.
• Strong understanding of medium- and low-voltage distribution and EV charging systems.
• Exposure to DERs (BESS, solar, V2G) and cross-functional resolution.

Responsibilities

• Perform field inspections and commissioning at depots to verify design and safety.
• Validate energy quality and voltage stability for reliable charger operation.
• Assess as-built construction quality in field installations.
• Conduct failure analyses to identify uptime risks and remediation priorities.
• Collaborate with Construction Electrical Engineering and Procurement teams on best practices.
• Provide remote and on-site technical support to field technicians and reliability managers.
• Develop and deliver training on upstream electrical infrastructure and procedures.
• Support interconnections between chargers, vehicles, and upstream assets including BESS and solar canopies.
• Characterize real-world efficiency of power-conversion equipment and losses.
• Review sold projects for readiness, access, and long-term maintainability.
• Cross-train with Charger Reliability Engineering for coverage depth.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Field service

Mentoring

OSHA 70E

Arc flash

Distribution systems

EV charging

Power systems

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Highland Electric Fleets' mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all, enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner, quieter and healthier fleets.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform field inspections and commissioning support at newly constructed and energized depots, verifying that installed infrastructure matches design intent and is safe, serviceable, and ready to operate. Develop a process to evaluate and sign off on existing operational sites that Highland acquires.
• Validate and troubleshoot the energy quality at Highland's vehicle depots, confirming voltage stability, power quality, phase balancing, and grounding meet the standards required for reliable charger and vehicle operation.
• Assess as-built construction quality in the field-consductors, raceways, terminations, equipment mounting, clearances, and access—and confirm installations are built to specification and can actually be maintained once the site is live.
• Conduct single-point-of-failure analysis across the depot portfolio, identifying where equipment placement, redundancy gaps, or installation practices put site uptime at risk, and prioritize remediation.
• Work with Highland's Construction Electrical Engineering and Procurement teams to build field feedback and reliability best practices into future sites, bringing serviceability, maintainability, and spare-parts considerations into component selection.
• Provide remote and on-site technical support to field technicians and reliability managers working on upstream electrical infrastructure, serving as the escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.
• Develop and deliver training for Highland's field technicians on upstream electrical infrastructure—system architecture, safe work practices, troubleshooting methodology, and equipment-specific procedures.
• Support the operational readiness and ongoing performance of interconnections between chargers, vehicles, and upstream assets—including battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar canopies, and other energy integrations—including those supporting Highland's vehicle-to-grid (V2G) aspirations.
• Partner with Highland's Energy team to characterize the real-world efficiency of power-conversion equipment, validate losses against deployed charge-management profiles.
• Review sold projects for operational readiness—equipment access, serviceability, spare-parts strategy, and long-term maintainability—before deployment begins.
• Cross-train with Highland's Charger Reliability Engineering function to build shared technical depth and coverage redundancy across infrastructure and charging systems.
• Develop and maintain operational infrastructure standards, inspection and commissioning checklists, and documentation that drive consistency, safety, and continuous improvement across depots.

Requirements

• 5+ years in electrical, power, or infrastructure engineering with substantial field time—EV charging, utilities, energy, or fleet depot environments preferred; prior field service engineering experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience training, mentoring, or directly supporting field technicians, both in person and remotely, with genuine comfort troubleshooting alongside technicians over the phone.
• Working knowledge of OSHA electrical safety requirements, NFPA 70E, and arc flash principles, with the ability to apply and teach them in the field
• Strong working knowledge of medium- and low-voltage distribution (switchgear, transformers, conductors, grounding, protection) and EV charging systems (AC/DC fast), including how equipment selection and installation quality drive long-term reliability and serviceability.
• Exposure to metering, surge protection, temporary generation, and DERs (BESS, solar, V2G); proven ability to diagnose systemic failures across a portfolio and drive cross-functional resolution; EE degree preferred, PE not required.

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