Lead MV Electrical Engineer, PE - Power & Infrastructure

Monterra•,

3d•Remote

About The Position

Monterra is a consulting engineering firm specializing in power infrastructure for modular data centers, battery storage, microgrids, onsite generation, and EV charging. The Lead MV Electrical Engineer will be the company's first medium-voltage electrical engineer and its technical authority and in-house subject matter expert for MV power systems. The role works closely with Principal Electrical Engineers and Monterra's AI and software teams to deliver client projects, develop MV engineering standards, and encode engineering expertise into AI-powered design workflows. Approximately 60% of the role is client project delivery, including full-cycle electrical design from site layout and one-lines through utility and authority-having-jurisdiction review and construction support. Approximately 20% is discipline building, establishing and improving MV engineering standards, practices, and quality controls. The remaining 20% focuses on defining technical rules for AI agents, reviewing their engineering output, and collaborating with the product and engineering team to improve the system. The position is remote-first, with occasional travel for site visits, customer meetings, conferences, and team gatherings. Compensation includes a competitive salary commensurate with experience and meaningful early-stage equity, along with health, vision, and dental insurance and unlimited PTO.

Requirements

Active electrical PE license and willingness to obtain comity licensure in other states where Monterra works.
At least 7 years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years of medium-voltage distribution or substation design at 15–69 kV, with ownership of full design packages.
Hands-on experience performing power system studies using ETAP, SKM, SES CDEGS, PSS SINCAL, or similar software.
Working knowledge of IEEE substation and protection standards, NEC, and NESC.
Proficiency in AutoCAD sufficient to produce and work with engineering designs.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including explaining engineering decisions to non-specialists and working closely with clients and teammates.
Curiosity, teamwork, pursuit of excellence, ownership and accountability, self-direction, and creative problem-solving; able to be both scrappy and meticulous as situations require.

Nice To Haves

Experience on high-voltage projects up to the 138 kV class.
Experience designing power systems for data centers, BESS, microgrids, solar, or onsite generation, including integrating generators and inverter-based resources into MV systems.
Familiarity with protection relays and settings, such as SEL or similar.
Experience with utility service and interconnection requirements across multiple utilities or jurisdictions.
Comfort with AI tools and enthusiasm for using AI to improve engineering workflows; coding experience is not required.

Responsibilities

Design customer-owned substations and medium-voltage distribution systems from 15–69 kV for data centers, battery energy storage systems, microgrids, and large charging sites, including one-line and three-line diagrams, physical layouts, grounding, and raceway.
Specify power transformers, breakers, switchgear, reclosers, and instrument transformers.
Integrate generators and battery energy storage systems at the medium-voltage level, including paralleling and transfer schemes.
Perform short-circuit, load-flow, arc-flash, and grounding-grid studies, and use the results to inform equipment selection.
Conduct protection coordination studies, including relay settings and CT/PT sizing, and develop the medium-voltage protection philosophy.
Perform or be familiar with substation calculations such as system X/R, DC battery system sizing, surge-arrestor sizing, and harmonic distortion.
Take medium-voltage design packages through utility service and interconnection review.
Coordinate equipment pads, duct banks, and site layouts with the civil engineer.
Respond to utility and AHJ comments and support construction RFIs and submittals.
Seal substation and medium-voltage sheets on projects where serving as engineer in responsible charge.
Own and improve Monterra's medium-voltage engineering standards, standard details, design templates, and QC checklists.
Define technical rules for AI agents, review and validate their engineering output, and collaborate with the AI platform team to improve the system.
Collaborate with Principal Electrical Engineers, clients, teammates, and software and product team members.