Electrical Systems Lead for Mission-Critical Platforms

Jobot; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a senior electrical systems leader to own the electrical scope within a rapidly growing product platform. This role combines engineering leadership, operational ownership, manufacturing integration, and deployment execution to ensure electrical systems are scalable, repeatable, cost-effective, and aligned with long-term product strategy.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience delivering mission-critical electrical infrastructure and understands how to bridge design,

Qualifications

• 12+ years in commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or high-reliability electrical environments.
• Ownership of electrical systems from design through deployment.
• Experience leading electrical engineering, construction, manufacturing, or commissioning teams.
• Strong knowledge of NEC, NFPA, grounding, bonding, and electrical distribution systems.
• Experience with switchgear, generators, UPS systems, utility coordination, and commissioning activities.
• Experience managing budgets, cost performance, margins, or large-scale financial responsibility.
• Ability to evaluate electrical drawings, specifications, and one-line diagrams.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical system performance, deployment consistency, cost structure, and profitability across an assigned product line.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the electrical operating model.
• Manage and mentor a team of electrical engineering, manufacturing, construction, and project leadership professionals.
• Drive alignment between engineering intent, manufacturing execution, and field deployment activities.
• Influence electrical distribution architecture, grounding strategies, utility interfaces, switchgear design, UPS systems, generators, and commissioning approaches.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, construction, and operational teams to improve product standardization and deployment efficiency.
• Support integration of electrical systems into repeatable manufacturing environments.
• Lead deployment and commissioning efforts during critical project execution phases.
• Establish feedback loops that convert field lessons learned into product improvements.
• Improve scalability, predictability, profitability, and operational performance across the product line.
• Support long-term product and electrical infrastructure strategy development.

Skills

Electrical leadership

NEC knowledge

NFPA knowledge

Electrical distribution systems

Budget management

Cross-functional leadership

Reviewing drawings & diagrams

Education

Professional Engineer (PE)

Master Electrician certification

Job description

Jobot is seeking a senior electrical systems leader to own the electrical scope within a rapidly growing product platform. This role combines engineering leadership, operational ownership, manufacturing integration, and deployment execution to ensure electrical systems are scalable, repeatable, cost-effective, and aligned with long-term product strategy.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience delivering mission-critical electrical infrastructure and understands how to bridge design,