EV Charging & Battery Storage Project Engineer

Highland Electric Fleets; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Health, Vision, Dental coverage

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Highland Electric Fleets is seeking a Project Engineer to own engineering design packages that move a large, fast-moving portfolio of EV charging, energy storage, and edge compute projects from concept through permit-ready status.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will generate and review design packages, lead external engineering partners, and serve as the technical authority on utility and AHJ requirements—bringing each site to Issued-for-Permit and permit-application readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or 8+ years of directly related professional experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience in project-based design management (renewable energy, EV charging infrastructure, or power grids desirable).
• 2+ years of construction project design specification development and management.
• 3+ years of managing third-party engineering consultants.
• 3+ years of creating, editing, and commenting in CAD tools, with expertise in AutoCAD (preferred).
• 1+ years of EV charging infrastructure project design experience.
• Familiarity with project management and review software (Procore, Bluebeam).

Responsibilities

• Generate project-specific conceptual and schematic design packages.
• Review and approve project-specific conceptual, schematic, development, permit, and construction design packages.
• Solicit and respond to project-specific design inquiries from customers, consultants, contractors, utilities, and permitting authorities.
• Direct and quality-check the work of external engineering partners to keep design packages moving on an aggressive, portfolio-wide timeline.
• Ensure adherence to NEC, engineering and design specifications, and best practices.
• Ensure adherence to Highland engineering package content and standards.
• Interpret utility and AHJ technical requirements and ensure compliant designs.
• Support development of a repository for utility and AHJ design requirements.
• Support procurement and equipment selection approval process.

Skills

Project design management experience

Electrical engineering knowledge

Design review and QA

CAD software proficiency

EV charging project design

PM software familiarity

Third‑party consultant management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

8+ years related experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Procore

Bluebeam

Job description

Highland Electric Fleets is seeking a Project Engineer to own engineering design packages that move a large, fast-moving portfolio of EV charging, energy storage, and edge compute projects from concept through permit-ready status.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will generate and review design packages, lead external engineering partners, and serve as the technical authority on utility and AHJ requirements—bringing each site to Issued-for-Permit and permit-application readiness.