Senior BESS Optimization Engineer

Kintec Search; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Search is seeking an experienced energy storage engineering leader to drive strategic planning for product selection, technology roadmaps, and project standardization. You will evaluate emerging storage technologies with a focus on cost, reliability, and lifecycle performance while coordinating across Development, Procurement, and EPC teams.

The role requires a strong background in product management and mentoring engineers, with a passion for data-driven decision-making and collaboration

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering preferred.
• 7+ years of energy storage experience with OEMs and use cases.
• Proven product management and product development experience.
• Data-driven, curious and continuous learner.
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving high performance.
• Strong communication across diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning for product selection, roadmaps, and standards.
• Evaluate energy storage tech focusing on cost, reliability, lifecycle.
• Improve standard project designs to optimize cost and reliability.
• Coordinate priorities with Development, Procurement, and EPC.
• Participate in forums and steering committees.
• Identify and resolve complex problems with limited oversight.
• Provide due diligence for storage suppliers or new equipment.
• Influence architecture standards and performance expectations.
• Contribute to energy storage system designs including cooling, controls, and thermal modeling.
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices for testing and safety compliance.

Skills

Product management

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Energy storage

Education

Mastera0s degree in engineering

Job description

• Support and drive strategic planning that impacts product selection, technology roadmap, or project standardization
• Contribute to the evaluation of emerging storage technologies with a focus on long-duration capability, cost reduction, reliability, and lifecycle performance
• Participate in continuous improvement of standard project designs, driving optimization in cost, performance, constructability, and operational reliability
• Coordinate priorities with Development, Procurement, and EPC to align engineering and business needs
• Participate in enterprise forums and technical steering committees
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and resolve complex problems with limited oversight
• Provide technical due diligence support for storage suppliers or new equipment introductions
• Influence system architecture standards and performance expectations across projects
• Contribute to internal development of energy storage system designs, including cooling system architecture (air and liquid), controls strategy, and thermal performance modeling
• Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices for product evaluation, testing, reporting, and safety compliance

Job Requirements and Experiences:

• Master's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university preferred
• A minimum of 7 years of proven experience with energy storage technologies, with an understanding of OEMs, products and use cases
• Proven product management and product development experience
• Intellectually curious with a passion for exploring emerging energy storage technologies and challenging conventional approaches
• Open-minded and receptive to diverse perspectives, data-driven decision-making, and continuous learning
• Experience mentoring engineers and technical resources and ability to drive high performance and cultivate talent
• Proven ability to empathize, build relationships, and effectively communicate with people from a diverse set of backgrounds