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Through its Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP) model, Sparkfund enables utilities, energy majors, and large-load customers to deploy front-of-the-meter batteries and gensets as distribution infrastructure. By adding targeted capacity exactly where and when the grid needs it most, DCP helps meet demand, support reliability, and put downward pressure on rates. Sparkfund supports program design, grid value assessment, asset host engagement, and value chain management to ensure on-time, on-budget deployment with maximum system value and lowest cost.\nWith more than 3,200 projects deployed across 43 states and more than 300MW of energized assets constructed, Sparkfund is transforming customer-sited assets into a valuable portfolio resource for the benefit of our society. To learn more about Sparkfund, visit sparkfund.com.\nSenior Engineer, Power Systems\nRemote - United States\nAbout the Role\nSparkfund is looking for a Senior Engineer, Power Systems with deep experience in electric utility distribution systems, power systems analysis, and distributed energy resource (DER) interconnection to help advance the deployment of distributed energy infrastructure across multiple utility markets.\nThis is an opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to work beyond the boundaries of a traditional utility environment. Rather than focusing on a single utility territory, you'll collaborate with utility partners, technology providers, and internal teams to solve complex engineering challenges and develop scalable approaches to grid integration.\nAs part of our Systems Engineering team, you'll serve as a technical expert supporting Sparkfund's Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP) platform. You'll lead engineering work on assigned programs, from grid needs assessments and distribution system analysis through interconnection, protection coordination, and integration with utility operational systems.\nThis role combines hands-on engineering expertise with direct utility engagement. You'll work closely with utility planning, protection, and operations teams to address technical requirements, move interconnection reviews toward approval, and ensure that distributed energy assets can be safely and effectively integrated into the grid.\nYou'll also partner across Sparkfund with Commercialization, Program Management, and Project Delivery to support technical feasibility, program design, and successful deployment.\nThis is a senior individual contributor position reporting to the Director, Power Systems Engineering. The role requires a high degree of technical independence, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to navigate complex utility requirements while developing repeatable solutions that can be applied across markets.\nHow We Work at Sparkfund\nOur values shape how we work, make decisions, and show up for our customers and each other. They are also part of how we evaluate success at Sparkfund.\nExcellence\nWe hold ourselves to high standards and continuously look for ways to improve.\nIn this role, Excellence means applying sound engineering judgment, maintaining technical accuracy, and delivering high-quality engineering work that meets utility requirements and industry standards. It also means continuously improving our technical approaches, solving complex problems, and developing scalable solutions that support reliable grid integration.\nStewardship\nWe take ownership, follow through on our commitments, and make thoughtful decisions with the long term in mind.\nFor this role, Stewardship means taking accountability for engineering decisions, recognizing the operational and financial impacts of technical recommendations, and balancing safety, reliability, cost, and deployment requirements. It also means building trust with utility partners and making decisions that support long-term grid performance and responsible use of resources.\nPositivity\nWe approach challenges constructively, assume positive intent, support one another, and bring solutions.\nFor this role, Positivity means approaching complex engineering and utility challenges with a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset. It means communicating technical concerns clearly and respectfully, working through differences in engineering approaches, and helping internal teams and utility partners find practical paths forward.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead Utility Engineering & Interconnection\nServe as a primary day-to-day engineering contact for utility distribution planning, protection, and interconnection teams on assigned programs.\n\nLead technical discussions with utility partners to resolve engineering questions and advance interconnection reviews toward approval.\n\nPrepare and present engineering recommendations related to IEEE 1547-2018 compliance, protection coordination, effective grounding, and utility-specific technical requirements.\n\nDevelop and review engineering deliverables, including single-line diagrams, site plans, preliminary protection settings, grounding calculations, commissioning plans, and conformity assessments.\n\nEvaluate utility interconnection processes and identify opportunities to streamline engineering reviews and approvals.\n\nNavigate technical requirements across different utilities, jurisdictions, and distribution systems.\n\nPerform Distribution System Analysis\nConduct power-flow, short-circuit, and hosting-capacity analyses to assess distribution system capabilities and constraints.\n\nEvaluate feeders and substations to determine available capacity, site suitability, and potential infrastructure upgrade requirements.\n\nSupport grid needs assessments, distribution planning studies, and locational value evaluations.\n\nAssess utility modeling tools, methodologies, and engineering capabilities to support DCP program development.\n\nEvaluate distribution system integration opportunities, including traditional infrastructure planning, non-wires alternatives, and DER interconnection.\n\nDevelop Grid Integration & Operational Technology Solutions\nEvaluate utility operational technology capabilities, including DERMS, ADMS, SCADA, and distribution management systems.\n\nDevelop controls and communications architectures that support DER dispatch, monitoring, telemetry, and grid integration.\n\nDefine technical integration requirements, including communications pathways, site controller interfaces, and system interoperability.\n\nDevelop network and communications architecture recommendations using protocols such as DNP3, SunSpec Modbus, and IEEE 2030.5.\n\nSupport the development of operational technology integration roadmaps, including vendor evaluations, phased implementation approaches, and cybersecurity considerations.\n\nCollaborate with technology providers and equipment manufacturers to ensure battery energy storage and distributed generation solutions support utility requirements and scalable deployment.\n\nSupport Program Development & Technical Evaluation\nPartner with Commercialization, Program Management, and Project Delivery to evaluate technical feasibility and support program execution.\n\nAssess distributed energy opportunities involving front-of-the-meter, behind-the-meter, and across-the-meter applications.\n\nContribute engineering expertise to cost-benefit analyses, including capital costs, operating costs, and distribution system value.\n\nSupport technical assessments of battery energy storage, distributed generation, and other emerging grid technologies.\n\nMaintain working knowledge of relevant wholesale electricity market requirements, including energy storage registration, telemetry, dispatch, and settlement.\n\nTranslate technical findings into clear recommendations that support program development, utility engagement, and project delivery.\n\nBuild Scalable Engineering Practices\nContribute to Sparkfund's engineering standards, reference designs, technical templates, and design review processes.\n\nDevelop repeatable approaches to feeder screening, interconnection assessments, and grid integration that can be applied across utility markets.\n\nIdentify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, technical consistency, and deployment scalability.\n\nProvide technical guidance and review for newer engineers and external engineering partners.\n\nCollaborate across teams to ensure engineering decisions align with commercial, operational, financial, and delivery objectives.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.\n\n8+ years of professional experience in power systems engineering, electric utility distribution planning, protection engineering, or DER interconnection.\n\nDirect experience working with electric utilities on distribution planning and interconnection, including taking projects through utility technical review and approval processes.\n\nStrong working knowledge of IEEE 1547-2018, protection coordination, effective grounding, NESC (IEEE C2), and utility standards for medium- and low-voltage distribution equipment.\n\nHands-on proficiency with power systems modeling and analysis tools such as CYME, Synergi Electric, OpenDSS, or ASPEN.\n\nExperience conducting power-flow, short-circuit, and hosting-capacity analyses.\n\nExperience with distributed energy technologies, including battery energy storage, solar, or distributed generation.\n\nExperience integrating distributed energy technologies with utility operational systems such as SCADA, DERMS, or ADMS.\n\nDemonstrated ability to independently manage complex engineering workstreams and navigate utility-specific technical requirements.\n\nStrong technical communication skills, including the ability to explain complex engineering concepts, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nAbility to travel approximately 15% for utility partner meetings, project sites, company gatherings, and industry events.\n\nThis role requires direct power systems engineering and electric utility distribution or interconnection experience. Experience limited to general electrical design, renewable energy project development, or project management without direct utility engineering experience does not substitute for these technical requirements.\nNice to Have\nProfessional Engineer (PE) license or FE/EIT certification with plans to pursue licensure.\n\nPrevious experience working within an electric utility, particularly in distribution planning, protection, or interconnection engineering.\n\nExperience with battery energy storage system (BESS) design, technical evaluation, and grid integration.\n\nFamiliarity with NERC CIP compliance frameworks and their applicability to distribution-connected operational technology.\n\nExperience with battery energy storage project finance technical due diligence, independent engineer reports, or bankability assessments.\n\nFamiliarity with FERC Order 2222 and distributed energy resource aggregation participation models.\n\nExperience working in a multi-site deployment, program-based engineering, or utility grid modernization environment.\n\nExperience developing engineering standards, improving technical processes, or supporting organizational change.\n\nWhat Will Help You Succeed\nPower Systems Technical Expertise\nYou have a strong understanding of electric distribution systems, protection, interconnection requirements, and relevant engineering standards. You're comfortable performing detailed technical analysis, evaluating system constraints, and making sound engineering recommendations.\nUtility Engineering Engagement\nYou understand how utilities evaluate engineering proposals and interconnection applications. You can engage directly with utility planning, protection, and operations teams, work through technical challenges, and build credibility through your expertise and practical approach.\nIndependent Technical Ownership\nYou can take responsibility for complex engineering workstreams, establish priorities,...","description_format":"text","description_chars":15637,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible vacation policy","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electrical & Electronic Engineering","Energy Storage","Energy Management"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T21:25:57Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":94,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/spark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/spark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T00:08:35Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":250,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":684896},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=684896"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fspark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fspark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fspark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/spark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fspark-fund-senior-engineer-power-systems"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3361289}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sparkfund.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3361289},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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