About K1 Industries

For the first time in decades, power demand growth in the US has jumped 5x, driving multi-year lead times for critical power infrastructure. K1 builds and deploys modular power packages at scale, now.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical design and integration of our medium-voltage generation systems, from first-principles analysis through commissioning. Our current platform is a 15 kV class turbine-driven generator built for both utility-tied and off-grid operation. You will make the technical calls on how these systems connect, respond to changing loads, and operate reliably. You are equally comfortable working through a model and tuning equipment in the field, and you can take a problem from an initial set of constraints to a working system.

What You’ll Work On

• Own the electrical design for generation projects from concept through commissioning, and carry your decisions through to working hardware

• Tune and integrate generation equipment for utility-tied and islanded operation, working through system response and stability across equipment vendors

• Work directly with clients to turn facility constraints, applicable codes, and industry standards into an electrical design that works for their site

• Make clear technical recommendations to engineers, clients, and leadership, explaining the constraints, trade-offs, and reasoning behind your decisions

• Design generation systems that go beyond today’s standard market offerings, using first-principles judgment to work through unfamiliar problems

• Keep projects moving from design to operation. Getting working systems to market quickly is a core company objective, and you will help make that happen

You Might Be a Great Fit If…

You bring both theoretical depth and practical experience in the following areas, and can explain how you have applied them to real systems:

• Transient and steady-state load analysis and electrical modeling using tools such as ETAP, PSCAD, or SKM

• Protection and coordination studies

• Short-circuit analysis

• Insulation coordination studies

• Grounding studies

• Generator and engine tuning across multiple vendors, from overall system response to integration in utility-tied and fully off-grid applications

• Off-grid system stability

• Grid-tied systems in regulated and deregulated gas and electric markets

• Vendor-specific configuration and programming of protective relays, engine governor controls, and synchronization equipment

• Medium-voltage switchgear and paralleling systems

• Applying codes, standards, and industry practice to real facility constraints, and working with clients to resolve the trade-offs

How You Work

• You’re an active listener - you ask questions, check your assumptions, and make sure you have understood the constraints before proposing a solution.

• You write and explain complex concepts in plain terms

• You shift readily between simple and complex tasks to keep company objectives

• and timelines on track

• You form independent views, own your judgments and are willing to voice dissent

• You summarize complex constraints in a way that fits the audience and what they need to decide