Applications Engineer

Company Overview

Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers local, scalable, and fuel-flexible power to help accelerate the transition to the net-zero carbon grid.

The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the commercial and utility sides of the meter for the $816B global electricity equipment market. We serve a wide range of Fortune 500 customers across markets and industries as well as top-tier utilities and other gridside providers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

• Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
• Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
• Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and has partnered with top-tier investors and utilities such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, NextEra, and American Electric Power. More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com.

Responsibilities

A key enabler of Mainspring’s mission is the ability of its team to deliver solutions based on our linear generator technology that solve customer problems in the cross-section of resiliency and clean power supply. Reporting to the Head of Project Delivery, you will operate as the lead engineering expert for developing cost estimates, preliminary designs, and system architecture. You will visit customer sites, work cross-functionally across Business Development, Sales, Engineering and Project Management to create proposal content and lead the process as the technical expert.

As an Application's Engineer, you will:

• Travel to customer sites to perform site walks to determine site conditions and challenges for estimation and installation
• Interface with Applications and Design teams to create customer facing documentation to support the sales cycle (site/equipment layout diagrams, sales and estimating single line diagrams, etc.)
• Work with the Engineering/Applications team managers to understand and communicate technical requirements
• Deliver the highest value solution to customers alongside cost-effective and robust design solutions
• Provide an excellent customer experience
• Pivot and problem solve and identify solutions based on the customer requirements
• Estimate multiple projects concurrently at sites nationwide, deliver these results to project stakeholders alongside supporting documentation
• Manage, meet, and progressively reduce cost targets
• Maintain records and databases to regularly report progress to customers and project stakeholders
• Be a key contributor for customer interactions during sales cycle
• Collect market data and present to sales and business development leads
• Support customer proposals

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of experience with applications engineering, cost estimating, electrical power systems, or related industry experience (experience in distributed energy, solar, batteries, fuel cells, microgrids)
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and refine processes associated with cost and quality
• Ability to problem solve, think creatively, and timely resolve personnel and project related issues
• Excellent organization, documentation, and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience with and full understanding of the following:
  • EPC construction practices
  • Bill of Materials
  • Electrical interconnection process/gas upgrade process with utilities
  • Contract negotiation
  • Estimating
  • Contractor qualification

The Bay Area salary for this role is $105k-$165k base pre-IPO stock benefits. This position can be on-site or remote. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.