Microgrid Controls Engineer

Location: Remote within the United States; listed locations include Louisville, Colorado, Houston, Texas, Arlington, Virginia, Salt Lake City, Utah, and San Diego, California.

Salary: $145,000–$181,050 per year, plus an annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a US-based global power company developing renewable energy and power-generation solutions across multiple countries.

What you will do

• Design and implement microgrid controls integrating natural-gas generation, BESS, solar PV, utility services, switchgear, and site loads.
• Develop and deploy PLC, automation-controller, HMI, SCADA, and data-concentrator software.
• Create control philosophies, operating sequences, state diagrams, alarm strategies, operating modes, and test procedures.
• Configure Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850, protection relays, power-monitoring systems, and industrial networks.
• Lead factory acceptance testing, integrated system testing, site acceptance testing, startup, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate with project management, engineering, protection and control, BESS, generator OEMs, operations, cybersecurity, customers, and vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 4–8 years of experience in power-distribution controls, industrial automation, microgrids, SCADA, or power-system control applications.
• Understanding of electric power systems, microgrid operations, distributed energy resources, natural-gas generators, BESS, and solar PV.
• Experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, protection relays, power monitoring, HMIs, SCADA, industrial networks, and electrical distribution equipment.
• Field experience with electrical distribution systems, testing, startup, commissioning, troubleshooting, and electrical safe-work practices.
• Ability to communicate technical topics clearly with internal teams, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with ladder logic, structured text, function block diagrams, CODESYS, or Ignition Perspective.
• Professional Engineer licensure.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, 401(k) eligibility, and paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Annual bonus eligibility and an at-will employment arrangement.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, integrity, sustainability, and equal employment opportunity.

Hiring process

• Submit an application and candidate information through the application link by October 31, 2026.
• Employment requires completion of Form I-9 work-authorization verification through E-Verify.