Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer (Power Delivery)

The role

You will serve as the principal technical expert on power systems and grid interconnection. You will own the engineering required to move power from subsea plants to the grid through feasibility analysis, design, and commissioning.

What you will do

• Serve as technical lead on power systems, transmission, and grid interconnection
• Perform early feasibility analysis for new project opportunities
• Lead pre-FEED and early FEED power delivery engineering
• Take projects through the utility or transmission operator interconnection process
• Scope and review utility interconnection studies
• Perform or direct plant-side power system studies
• Develop protection philosophy and design protection and control systems
• Design or specify control house / E-house infrastructure
• Write specifications for high-voltage and interconnection equipment
• Qualify suppliers and support procurement of long-lead electrical equipment

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience in power systems, transmission, or grid interconnection of large-scale generation or transmission projects
• Has taken at least one large project through the interconnection process
• Experience performing or directing power system studies and reviewing utility interconnection studies
• Experience with protection and control design for substations, generation plants, or transmission infrastructure
• Experience writing specifications for high-voltage electrical equipment and evaluating supplier proposals
• Field experience with equipment testing, installation, and commissioning
• Strong working knowledge of electrical codes, standards, and regulatory requirements for grid-connected projects
• Experience managing EPC or installation contractors
• Ability to work onsite in Seattle and travel frequently to supplier sites, utilities, construction sites, and international project locations

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or international equivalent
• Experience with offshore wind, submarine cables, subsea power systems, or marine construction
• Experience with HVDC transmission systems
• Experience interconnecting projects in multiple markets or jurisdictions
• Experience with early-stage feasibility work supporting development, regulatory, or siting efforts
• Experience maturing new technologies through R&D programs or supplier development
• Experience with landfall construction or horizontal directional drilling

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
• Flexible PTO including 12 paid company holidays
• Travel to deployment sites in Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and the Azores
• Participate in sea trials and deployment operations
• Work with technology spanning high-power electronics, marine systems, and clean energy
• Company-sponsored recreational dive certification
• Access to the company boat
• Free meals and snacks

About the company

Endurance is building the world's first modular subsea geothermal power plants, converting vast thermal resources under the ocean into gigawatts of baseload power.