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American Terawatt · New York City and San Francisco · On-site

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About American Terawatt

Backed by Antler.

About the role

We are hiring a Test Engineer to develop and run the test systems that ensure our HVDC equipment can be deployed safely and reliably. You will work directly with the Head of R&D, power systems engineers, test technicians, and project partners, taking ownership of test programs, test infrastructure, and failure analysis.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • 3+ years of commercial experience in power systems or electrical engineering
  • Substantial hands-on experience with complex, safety-critical systems. You have seen something important break in expensive ways, and worked to figure out why and what to do about it
  • Familiarity with engineering standards such as IEEE, UL, IEC, NEC, NFPA, and ISO
  • Experience working with vendors to procure components and systems
  • Experience servicing, debugging, and upgrading installed components and systems
More about this role

American Terawatt is building a new industrial electric grid for the United States. Power systems engineering is at the core of what we do.

We design and deploy advanced power transmission systems, serving large industrial loads, gigawatts at a time. Our systems deliver electric power to everything from frontier AI datacenters to advanced automated manufacturing, refineries, mines, and more.

We make interconnection fast, simple, and cheap. On our network, generation owners get their projects online faster, delivering abundant power at competitive prices.

The backbone of American Terawatt’s network is HVDC transmission, anchored by our unique terminal design. American Terawatt’s terminals are standardized, modular, and natively integrate energy storage. Each terminal is designed to expand to operate as a full node on our future HVDC transmission network.

We are hiring a Test Engineer to develop and run the test systems that ensure our HVDC equipment can be deployed safely and reliably.

You will work directly with the Head of R&D, power systems engineers, test technicians, and project partners, taking ownership of test programs, test infrastructure, and failure analysis.

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