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Senior Power Infrastructure Engineer

Panthalassa· Business Operations
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Portland, OR$175k - $225kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior role focused on utility service and site-level power for Panthalassa projects in the Pacific Northwest, owning the path to power for every site from greenfield to multi-megawatt builds, coordinating with utilities, evaluating load forecasts, and guiding site and capital decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Own Panthalassa’s relationships with electric utilities and serve as the primary technical and commercial point of contact for load requests, studies, service agreements, cost allocation, schedules, and energization.
  • Lead service upgrades and new service connections from initial capacity inquiry through energization, including customer-owned medium-voltage equipment and substations where needed.
  • Build phased site-level load forecasts with compute, manufacturing, testing, and operations teams, using measured demand data from Facilities and plans that are still changing.
  • Develop and compare paths to power, weighing capacity, cost, lead time, risk, and future growth. Include interim options such as temporary generation, mobile substations, and energy storage when utility timelines don’t fit.
  • Assess power availability for prospective sites during site selection and due diligence, including utility capacity, upgrade requirements, likely cost, and realistic timelines.
  • Review utility proposals, studies, agreements, rate schedules, and cost estimates. Push back where terms, scope, or timelines don’t serve Panthalassa.
  • Define scope and requirements for major service upgrades, and direct engineers of record, landlords, and contractors through design and delivery.
  • Track power availability, utility commitments, equipment lead times, and key decisions across all sites and prospective properties.
  • Present power options, risks, and recommendations to executives and finance so they can make timely site and capital decisions.

Qualifications

  • A degree in electrical engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience delivering utility-scale or large commercial/industrial power infrastructure.
  • Personally led at least one utility service upgrade or new service connection of roughly 5 MW or more, from initial request through energization.
  • Direct experience working with utility engineering and account teams on load studies, service or line extension agreements, cost allocation, and schedules.
  • Working knowledge of medium-voltage service, utility transformers, switchgear, metering, and the interface between utility infrastructure and customer-owned equipment.
  • Ability to build and defend load forecasts when equipment plans, operating profiles, and future uses are still changing.
  • Experience presenting technical options and tradeoffs on cost, schedule, and risk to executives, finance, or other non-electrical decision-makers.

Skills

Required:Electrical engineeringUtility load studies and coordinationMedium-voltage systemsLoad forecastingExecutive-level communication

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health insurance (company pays 100% of gold-level PPO for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Dental insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Vision insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Disability insurance (100% for a policy providing long-term financial support if you become disabled)
  • Ability to contribute to tax-advantaged accounts (401(k), health FSA, dependent care FSA)
  • Relocation assistance to Portland (if needed)
Last updated Oct 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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