Senior Project Engineer Islanded Microgrid Deployments

root/edge; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

root/edge is building one of the first off grid power plants for data centers in West Texas, powered by renewables. The Senior Project Engineer will own field execution from design to energization, coordinating engineers, OEMs, and owners to deliver on aggressive timelines.

You will oversee IS and EPC contracts, review equipment specs, and drive commissioning sequences with a strong emphasis on safety, quality, and rapid iteration in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical, mechanical, or related engineering or equivalent field experience.
• 7+ years delivering utility-scale solar, battery storage, power generation, or large infrastructure projects.
• Hands-on ownership of construction and commissioning through COD on at least one project.
• Ability to read and hold parties to EPC contracts, equipment specs, study reports, and IFC drawings.
• Working knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE, and NFPA standards as they relate to PV, battery storage, and MV/HV engineering.
• Exposure to MV and HV substation engineering.
• Strong schedule, scope, and milestone management under aggressive timelines.
• Willingness to be on site in West Texas as deployments require.
• Extreme attention to detail with a bias for speed and rapid iteration.

Responsibilities

• Own the full technical arc of each deployment from design through commissioning and operation.
• Lead coordination of engineering packages across engineering firms, OEMs, offtaker, and owner's engineers.
• Build technical scopes of work, deliverables, and RACI matrices for LNTP, EPC, and owner's engineering efforts.
• Develop and maintain the project design basis, standard specifications, and a lessons learned repository.
• Support major equipment selection for battery storage systems, PV inverters, MV switchgear, and balance of plant; review vendor proposals and support contract execution.
• Review project estimates against the design basis and flag misalignments before they become change orders.
• Support technical due diligence with Independent Engineers for project financing.
• Drive the islanded commissioning and energization sequence, including battery storage first grid forming bring up, FAT/SAT, site energization, and acceptance testing.
• Hold the Engineer of Record and EPC accountable to scope, schedule, and quality; review EPC contracts, equipment specs, studies, and IFC drawings.
• Coordinate procurement logistics and on site sequencing across inverter skids, battery storage, MV switchgear, and balance of plant.
• Track and recover schedule against COD, surfacing and resolving risk early.
• Run field troubleshooting and bring up at the pilot and across the program.
• Enforce site safety and quality throughout construction and commissioning.

Skills

7+ years experience delivering utility

On-site construction ownership

Schedule and milestone management

Education

BS in electrical, mechanical, or related engineering

Job description

root/edge is building one of the first off grid power plants for data centers in West Texas, powered by renewables. The Senior Project Engineer will own field execution from design to energization, coordinating engineers, OEMs, and owners to deliver on aggressive timelines.

You will oversee IS and EPC contracts, review equipment specs, and drive commissioning sequences with a strong emphasis on safety, quality, and rapid iteration in a demanding environment.