Field Engineer – Power Infrastructure
Intersect Power
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California, Colorado, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $185,000 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Help ensure that complex large-scale infrastructure projects move from design to energized operation.
- Serve as the primary technical presence in the field, connecting remote engineering teams with EPC partners, utilities, and onsite construction crews.
- Oversee commissioning activities, troubleshoot system issues, validate performance, and ensure design intent is implemented accurately across multiple project sites.
- Travel frequently to project sites to provide technical support, onsite oversight, and coordination with EPC and vendor partners.
Requirements
- Technical proficiency in electrical engineering, power systems, and commissioning practices.
- Experience working with high-voltage, medium-voltage, and/or low-voltage equipment and commissioning workflows.
- Working knowledge of utility interconnection requirements and substation commissioning standards.
- Ability to interpret and troubleshoot relay trip events, logic diagrams, coordination studies, and protection schemes (including overcurrent, differential, distance, and breaker failure protection).
- Experience with SEL protective relays and configuration tools.
- Ability to install and configure owner-provided equipment and related IT hardware.
- Reliability, independence, and adaptability when managing field work with frequent travel and limited supervision.
- A detail-oriented, systems-thinking approach that supports safe work practices and operational excellence.
- An engineering degree or equivalent technical training that supports success in this role.
Benefits
- 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision
- Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)
- Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning support via Carrot and Maven
- Free access to Spring Health which includes 5 free Therapy & psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
- 3% non-elective employer contribution to your 401k or RRSP
- $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone/ internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup and free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly paid company credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
electrical engineeringpower systemscommissioning practiceshigh-voltage equipmentmedium-voltage equipmentlow-voltage equipmentutility interconnection requirementssubstation commissioning standardsrelay trip eventsSEL protective relays
Soft skills
reliabilityindependenceadaptabilitydetail-orientedsystems-thinkingoperational excellence
Certifications
engineering degreetechnical training