Senior Commissioning & Fleet Operations Engineer

FuelCell Energy; Danbury (CT); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Company-paid life/disability insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Generous paid leave

Job summary

FuelCell Energy in Danbury, CT seeks a Staff Operations Engineer to lead commissioning and startup for its advanced power, hydrogen, and carbon capture projects. The role entails cross-functional coordination across engineering, field service, and operations teams, with travel to CT facilities and other sites as needed.

The successful candidate will apply deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems to ensure safe startup, performance validation, and fleet

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation and Control Engineering or related discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience in commissioning, plant operations, field engineering, or complex industrial project execution; or a Master’s degree or PhD with 6+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for commissioning across distributed power generation, hydrogen production, and carbon capture technologies.
• Lead commissioning plans, procedures, checklists, and field validation activities for mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Serve as a key technical interface between engineering, field service, project management, operations, and customer teams.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and field personnel; support on-call during critical commissioning and startup activities.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Commissioning plans

Field engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Power plant operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation and Control Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

FuelCell Energy in Danbury, CT seeks a Staff Operations Engineer to lead commissioning and startup for its advanced power, hydrogen, and carbon capture projects. The role entails cross-functional coordination across engineering, field service, and operations teams, with travel to CT facilities and other sites as needed.

The successful candidate will apply deep expertise in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems to ensure safe startup, performance validation, and fleet