Full-time jobs in Portland, OR

About the role

Our core technology is the node, a device that produces energy in the ocean’s harshest conditions for years at a time without human maintenance or intervention. Panthalassa is expanding across multiple sites to support manufacturing, testing, and land-based compute. These activities require substantially more power than our facilities use today, and the time needed to obtain that power can shape where and when we operate. As our Senior Power Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the work needed to bring sufficient power to each site. You will assess available capacity, develop credible forecasts of future demand, evaluate upgrade paths, and work with utilities and design partners to get new service energized. Your work will inform site selection and capital decisions as well as the delivery of upgrades at properties we already occupy. Projects may range from improving service to an existing building to planning for roughly 10 MW at a new site. Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to thrive in a creative, scrappy, and collaborative environment in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.

What you'll bring

• A degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience delivering substantial commercial or industrial power infrastructure.
• Experience planning or delivering utility service connections and electrical capacity upgrades for commercial, industrial, or similarly demanding facilities.
• Working knowledge of electrical loads, utility service, transformers, switchgear, metering, and the interface between utility infrastructure and building distribution.
• Ability to develop and evaluate load forecasts when equipment plans, operating profiles, and future uses are still changing.
• Experience working directly with utilities and coordinating external engineers, contractors, property owners, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to distinguish between a service’s rated capacity, the power currently available from the utility, and the capacity a site can practically use.
• Sound judgment about cost, schedule, and technical risk, with the ability to explain tradeoffs to people outside the electrical field.
• Travel to vendors and test sites as needed
• Intermittently able to work longer hours and weekends to support critical needs.
• Experience with projects involving approximately 1–10 MW of site demand or comparable electrical upgrades.
• Experience supporting site selection or due diligence for a portfolio of properties.
• Experience with power-intensive manufacturing, testing, compute, or other industrial operations.

Benefits