# Principal Systems Engineer

Fourth Power is developing and commercializing the lowest cost energy storage technology on the market to enable the utility grid to operate 24/7/365 on renewable energy. Our batteries store heat in low-cost carbon blocks at up to 2400 degrees Celsius - half the temperature of the sun. The batteries then convert this heat back to electricity using thermophotovoltaics (TPV) on demand. Fourth Power has a culture of teamwork, continuous innovation based on first principles, and relentlessness in tackling challenging problems. Fourth Power is looking for highly skilled, experienced, and motivated individuals who share our passion for mitigating climate change. Job Description We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join the Fourth Power Engineering team. You will provide cross-cutting systems engineering support across our technology development programs, ensuring requirements, interfaces, risks, and safety concerns are identified and resolved across disciplines. This is a full-time, exempt role. Location: Bedford, MA and Middleton, MA Your Role Own system-level requirements and traceability from top-level targets down to subsystem specs across mechanical, electrical, chemical,

- **Id**: 1043660
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gofourth-principal-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bedford, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-18T19:20:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-18
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T20:39:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3279
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Energy Storage, Energy Management

## Company

- **Id**: 675014
- **Name**: Gofourth
- **Domain**: gofourth.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gofourth>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 110000
- **Max usd**: 224000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1961

## Technologies

- **FMEA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-18T20:47:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 23
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.503
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 50
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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