Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering – High Voltage & Circuit Breaker Solutions

Location(s)

• Fully remote within the United States
• Approximately 15% travel

Compensation

• 180-240k

Position Summary

This hands-on engineering leadership role bridges engineering, sales, and project development to deliver high-voltage transformer and circuit breaker solutions for critical power infrastructure projects. The Director will lead technical scoping and solution development, support power generation, transmission, and distribution applications, collaborate directly with customers and internal teams, and develop engineering talent and scalable technical support processes from concept through commissioning.

Job Function

• Lead technical scoping and solution development with engineers, developers, EPCs, and other customers across power generation, transmission, and distribution sectors.
• Participate in customer meetings to review project layouts, electrical one-line diagrams, and site-specific integration of transformer and circuit breaker solutions.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and differentiate product solutions during the design process.
• Collaborate with Sales and Business Development teams to provide pre-sales technical guidance and develop bills of materials (BOMs), specifications, and project-specific solutions.
• Develop standard layout templates and technical documentation to accelerate project quoting and bidding.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with manufacturing capabilities and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure custom solutions are technically and operationally deliverable.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for field engineers and sales teams supporting data center, industrial, and utility markets.
• Refine the engineering support model to scale effectively across growth markets.
• Develop and mentor internal engineering staff to become technical leads supporting sales verticals.
• Create playbooks and training programs for internal sales engineers and channel partners.
• Partner with Human Resources to maintain a talent pipeline and develop the next generation of engineering talent.

Education and Experience

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required; multi-state licensure preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in utility-scale engineering, power generation, transmission, or transformer and circuit breaker design and application.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder technical negotiations involving utilities, regulators, and developers.
• Experience leading multimillion-dollar engineering projects from concept through commissioning.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and customer success.
• Experience with EPCs, RFPs, and proposal development for power infrastructure projects preferred.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of grid interconnection, substation design, protection and switching schemes, and the transformer lifecycle.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to guide complex engineering projects through commissioning.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences.
• Familiarity with NERC and FERC regulations, interconnection standards, clean energy policy, IEEE/ANSI C37-series circuit breaker standards, and substation protection schemes preferred.
• Familiarity with transformer and circuit breaker factory operations and logistics preferred.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, commercial, manufacturing, procurement, and customer-facing functions.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Parental leave.
• Performance bonus.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-growth sectors, including data infrastructure and the energy transition.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment with strong cross-functional support.
• Opportunity to help shape go-to-market strategy and make an industry-wide impact.

By completing an application, you give us permission to send you text messages regarding this position and future opportunities. You can opt out at any time.

Global Talent Resources, Inc. (GTR) is a power industry recruiting firm specializing in substation, transmission, and distribution careers. With 15+ years of experience, we connect engineering and leadership professionals to top roles with leading utilities, cooperatives, EPCs, and consulting firms nationwide.

Many opportunities aren’t listed publicly. Contact the GTR team for insider access, expert guidance, and the next step in your electric utility career.