About the Company:
Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid. Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market.
Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, SunPower, Fluence, and Enovix. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners such as TDK Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.
We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the new performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.
About the Job:
Peak Energy is looking for an Electrical Engineering Lead – Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to lead the development of our gigawatt scale battery electrical and controls systems. This role will own the rationale for and implementation of Peak’s electrical systems design and will work with the other design and manufacturing teams along with external partners to provide design direction and engineering implementation leadership. This person is both a leader and a doer.
Responsibilities:
- Act as technical lead for the electrical design of Peak’s HV ESS from early architecture through continuous improvement
- Lead development of Peak’s BMS, power electronics and supervisory control through internal and external development cycles
- Define and spearhead selection and development of tools, infrastructure and design practices for a growing team
- Play a key role in developing and managing Peak’s electrical component sourcing strategy, balancing short and long term goals
- Develop and manage electrical component requirements
- Strong ownership, ensuring success of testing, system integration, production, validation and production of Peak products
- Spearhead growth of the electrical design team and mentor more junior members in the greater organization
- Drive and participate in a culture of rapid protoyping and testing
- A great team spirit and get-it-done attitude. No job is too big or too small.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- 10+ years of experience working with HV systems
- Strong electrical and controls engineering fundamentals
- Familiarity with high voltage system design
- Proficiency in electrical engineering tools (e.g., SPICE, Altium, Matlab)
- Experience with design and manufacturing of medium to high volume products
- Hands on prototyping, validation and testing experience
- Eligible to work in the U.S.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of battery chemistry, BMS (Battery Management Systems), and relevant electrical and safety standards.
- Power electronics design experience
- Supervisory control design experience
- Utility-scale energy storage systems experience
We do not accept applicants from third-party recruiters or agencies.
Peak Energy is an equal opportunity employer.
