Solution Engineer – Structural Design

Neara

Solutions Engineer optimizing utility design work using Neara software platform. Engaging with utility stakeholders and cross-functional teams to enhance the design function.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop deep proficiency with the Neara software platform — including AutoDesign
Serve as the technical subject matter expert in customer conversations
Partner with Sales to craft and deliver technical presentations
Partner with Marketing to shape messaging, positioning, and content
Partner with Product to channel the voice of the utility designer into the roadmap
Map Neara's capabilities against incumbent tooling
Build playbooks, technical FAQs, objection handling, competitive teardowns
Engage directly with utility stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of hands-on experience as a Designer, Estimator, or equivalent role producing distribution and/or transmission designs at a utility, EPC, or utility engineering services firm
3–5 years working at or directly embedded with an electric utility
Proficiency in at least one industry design tool — PLS-CADD, SpidaCalc, OCalc, Pole Foreman, or AutoCAD
Aptitude for code
Strong communication skills
Credibility with utility practitioners
Curiosity and adaptability
Comfort with cross-functional work
Experience with digital twin platforms, Neara, or similar physics-based modeling tools is a plus
Willingness to travel domestically to customer sites and industry events as needed (estimated 20–30%)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary + ESOP
Significant career development and growth opportunities
Highly meritocratic, non-bureaucratic, and low ego work culture
The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and real-world problems
The opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a high-growth company
Fully remote within the United States

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Hard Skills & Tools

designing distribution designsdesigning transmission designsproficiency in PLS-CADDproficiency in SpidaCalcproficiency in OCalcproficiency in Pole Foremanproficiency in AutoCADexperience with digital twin platformsexperience with Nearacoding aptitude

Soft Skills

strong communication skillscredibility with utility practitionerscuriosityadaptabilitycross-functional collaboration