Senior Product Engineer - Battery Storage/BESS

Viridan Group
Houston, TX

Our client ON.energy is building the power infrastructure that makes the AI era possible. As AI demand surges past what the grid and traditional data centers can support, ON.energy provides a new class of power technology proven at gigawatt scale and trusted by the world’s leading cloud and AI companies. Our systems are already deployed across 2.5 GW of hyper-scale campuses, validated by top U.S. national labs, and certified for grid-safe operation by major utilities. With real products in the field, we’re scaling faster than the grid can, transforming power from a bottleneck into a competitive advantage for the companies building the future.



Role Overvie


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We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer to own the technical design, specification, and continuous improvement of our BESS and DC Cabinet product lines. This is a product role at its core: you'll author technical specifications, drive vendor engagement, perform detailed component sizing, and partner with project, commissioning, and O&M teams to close the loop between field experience and product design. You should have lived through full product development cycles and know how to bring engineering discipline into a fast-moving environment with frequent release cycle


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What You’ll


Do
Product Definition & Specifica

  • tionAuthor and maintain detailed technical specifications for the BESS and DC Cabinet — electrical, mechanical, environmental, and interface requireme
  • nts.Review and approve detailed engineering drawings: SLDs, GAs, schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, mechanical drawings, and BoMs. Own the technical change basel
  • ine.Perform in-depth component sizing: fuses, busbars, cables, contactors, disconnects, protection coordination, short-circuit and arc-flash inputs, and thermal sizing of cabinets (forced air / HVAC, natural convection, hot-spot analysis, derati


ng).
Vendor & Supply Chain Engag

  • ementLead technical engagement with key vendors — particularly on the DC Cabinet — driving specs into RFQs, evaluating vendor designs, running design reviews, and resolving issues through prototyping, FAT, and serial produc
  • tion.Qualify alternate suppliers and own the technical side of dual-sourcing and cost-down decis


ions.
Product Devel

  • opmentDrive iterative product development cycles with the development team, balancing speed with the rigor expected of mission-critical har
  • dware.Capture design feedback from design reviews, commissioning, and O&M, and convert it into prioritized changes on the product roadmap via a structured ECR/ECN pr
  • ocess.Run trade studies on architecture and component selection where it matters — cost, reliability, lead time, perfor


mance.
Project & Commercial

  • SupportSupport business development with technical proposals — SLDs, GAs, and SOC analysis across multiple market applic
  • ations.Compile and own the product technical information package handed to project engin
  • eering.Co-lead review and validation of BESS- and DC Cabinet-related topics during project exe
  • cution.Maintain as-built drawings and the engineering document ba
  • seline.Participate in commissioning, particularly for first-of-kind deployments, and bring lessons learned back into the p


roduct.
Required Qualif


  • ications
    Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related technic
  • al field.6+ years of hands-on engineering experience in BESS, power electronics, UPS, or comparable mission-critical / industrial power systems, with clear evidence of ownership through full product developmen
  • t cycles.Proven product or system-level design experience on MWh-scale BESS or equivalent DC power e
  • quipment.Demonstrated experience taking a product through the full development cycle — concept, prototype, FAT, field deployment, revision — in an environment with frequent releas
  • e cycles.Strong, demonstrable skill in detailed component sizing: fuses, cables, busbars, protection devices, and thermal sizing for enclosed
  • cabinets.Fluency producing and reviewing SLDs, GAs, schematics, and panel layouts; comfortable in AutoCAD or equivalent E-CAD tools and reading mechanical
  • drawings.Track record of running technical vendor relationships through design, FAT, and post-de
  • ployment.Excellent written communication — specs, design reviews, change notices — and the ability to translate between engineering, project, and commerci
  • al teams.Willing to travel u


p to 20%.
Pref


  • erred Plus
    Experience with data center / UPS / mission-critical power or utility-
  • scale BESS.Familiarity with UL 9540 / 9540A and NFPA 855, plus the relevant codes for your tar
  • get market.Experience with PLM tools and structured ECR/ECN


workflows.
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