Power Systems Engineer- DER, Battery & Microgrid Architect

Strobe Power; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Strobe Power seeks an electrical engineer to help scale a distributed fleet of energy resources, including buildings, batteries, EV charging, CHP, and generators. You will design electrical systems and lead utility interconnections for real-time power trading.

Responsibilities include developing reference architectures, deployment playbooks, metering and telemetry requirements, and ensuring safety and NEC/utility compliance across sites.

Qualifications

• Power systems background with strong fluency in distribution, protection and metering.
• Experience designing and deploying DER projects including battery storage, EV charging, solar, CHP, or on-site generation.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility interconnections from design to approval, including one-line diagrams, technical packages, and responses to comments.
• Design electrical systems for battery storage, EV charging, CHP, solar-plus-storage, and backup generation at commercial/industrial sites.
• Develop reference architectures, interconnection standards, and deployment playbooks for multiple project types.
• Define metering, telemetry, CT/PT placement, and integration requirements for hardware and controls platforms.
• Review distribution systems, protection schemes, and equipment selections for safe, compliant builds.
• Collaborate with utilities, EPCs, electricians, site owners, and permitting authorities from concept through construction.
• Translate utility requirements and field lessons into repeatable engineering standards and product requirements.

Skills

Power systems

Electrical engineering

Distribution systems

One-line diagrams

Protection

Metering

Python

Tools

Python

Job description

Strobe Power seeks an electrical engineer to help scale a distributed fleet of energy resources, including buildings, batteries, EV charging, CHP, and generators. You will design electrical systems and lead utility interconnections for real-time power trading.

Responsibilities include developing reference architectures, deployment playbooks, metering and telemetry requirements, and ensuring safety and NEC/utility compliance across sites.