Hiring: Principal Electrical Engineer Company: ON.energy Location: Miami, FL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 13:17:34 Target Skills & Keywords : SCADA, Transformers About the job Experience: •10 to 15+ years of definitive engineering leadership in utility-scale energy storage, high-voltage data center substations, or large-scale industrial grid tie-ins. •Extensive experience modeling battery sizing, degradation lifecycles, and validating how EMS/SCADA plant controllers communicate (via Modbus/DNP3) with localized hardware components. •Demonstrated success in presenting complex technical concepts, risk mitigations, and design optimization strategies directly to C-suite leadership and enterprise cloud/hyperscale clients. Required Skills: •The Principal Electrical Engineer (Product/Hardware) •Define the standard product topologies for modular, utility-scale power platforms. You choose the underlying electrical framework for how the next generation of power electronics, transformers, and switchgear seamlessly combine. •Serve as the company's leading Subject Matter Expert (SME) on complex ISO/RTO grid codes (such as ERCOT, PJM, and CAISO). You orchestrate how the hardware behaves during transient grid events and voltage ride-through testing. •Establish strategic technical partnerships with Tier-1 battery (e.g., CATL, Sungrow) and Power Conversion System (PCS) OEMs. You define the custom procurement specifications that OEMs must meet to fit ON.energy's product stack. •Act as the highest engineering escalation point for critical root-cause analysis (RCA) regarding power electronics failures, thermal anomalies, or major system interactions in the field. •Drive engineering excellence across the organization, mentoring senior electrical, controls, and project engineers to scale the technical capability of the team. Qualifications: •Partner with compliance divisions to dictate the testing, listing, and certification roadmaps (such as UL 9540, UL 1741, and NFPA 855) for all new product introductions (NPI). •Mastery of advanced power system analysis tools (like ETAP, SKM, or PSCAD) to oversee complex short-circuit, protective device coordination, harmonic distortion, and arc flash studies. •Beyond knowing the codes, you have a deep history of physically leading products through NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories like UL, CSA, Intertek) certification programs, specifically regarding thermal runaway testing ( Compensation: •Competitive salary + annual performance-based bonus eligibility Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!