[Hiring] Lead MV Electrical Engineer @Monterra

Role Description

Most power engineering roles are about turning out one-line after one-line the way it's been done for decades. This one is different. Yes, you'll design medium-voltage distribution, run the studies, and take projects through utility review, but you'll also work shoulder-to-shoulder with our AI and software team to encode your expertise into a system that produces coordinated power designs faster and more reliably than anything the industry has seen. You won't just be doing the work. You'll be re-imagining how it gets done.

The Opportunity

Monterra is a new kind of consulting engineering firm specializing in power infrastructure for modular data centers, battery storage, microgrids, onsite generation, and EV charging. Our licensed PEs work with AI agents developed in-house to deliver engineering services faster while remaining in responsible charge of every design.

We're hiring our first MV Electrical Engineer, who will serve as the technical authority and in-house subject matter expert on medium-voltage power systems. You’ll work closely with our Principal Electrical Engineers on projects ranging from modular AI data center deployments and battery storage to heavy-duty truck charging hubs. You’ll own MV technical design, lead the development of our MV engineering standards and processes, and help translate your engineering expertise into the AI-powered workflows that make Monterra different. In this role, your time will be split across:

• Client project delivery (~60%):
  • Full-cycle electrical design, from site layout and one-lines through utility/AHJ review and construction support.
• Discipline building (~20%):
  • Establish and continuously improve Monterra's MV engineering standards, design practices, and quality controls.
• Shaping the AI (~20%):
  • Set the standards and design rules our AI agents follow, and work with our product & engineering team to make them better on every project.

Qualifications

• Active electrical PE license, with willingness to obtain comity licensure in other states we work in.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years of MV distribution or substation design at 15-69 kV, with ownership of full design packages.
• Hands-on power system studies in ETAP, SKM, SES CDEGS, PSS SINCAL, or similar.
• Working knowledge of IEEE substation and protection standards, NEC, and NESC.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD: you don’t need to be an “AutoCAD wizard”, but should know enough to be dangerous.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain engineering decisions to non-specialists (e.g., software engineer teammates) and work closely with clients and teammates.
• Qualities we value: intensely curious, strong team player, pursuit of excellence, strong sense of ownership and accountability, self-starter, creative problem solver. Equally comfortable being scrappy or meticulous, depending on the situation.

Requirements

• Experience on high-voltage projects (up to 138 kV class).
• Experience designing power systems for data centers, BESS, microgrids, solar, or on-site generation, including integration of generators and inverter-based resources into MV systems.
• Familiarity with protection relays and settings (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. No coding experience required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Meaningful early-stage equity: you'll be the first MV engineer on a small team, not employee #50.
• Benefits including but not limited to: health, vision, and dental insurance, unlimited PTO, and more.
• Remote-first; occasional travel for site visits, customer meetings, conferences, and team gatherings.

Company Description

Monterra is backed by reputable VC and Angel investors, including Urban Innovation Fund, Base10 Partners, Very Serious Ventures, and more.