Sr Staff Engineer, Electrical

We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels.

We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?

As an Electrical Engineer on the Capital Projects Team, you will contribute to the development, implementation and scaling of a first of its kind commercial-scale battery material manufacturing facility. You are a highly motivated, creative, detailed technical contributor with an aptitude for learning new things and developing big, complex, materials processing equipment. In your work at Sila, you will architect, specify, design, and deploy industrial electrical systems that are safe, reliable, expandable, deterministic, and exceptionally well-documented.

You have excellent communication skills to harmoniously collaborate with a wide range of skill sets: from scientists to technicians during the design stage, to out-of-house service providers across big, complicated interfaces during the build stage.

• Serve as the technical expert for the facility electrical distribution system to support the design and implementation of the planned facility scale‑up
• Work collaboratively with other teams to design robust, modular, and well documented machine electrical subsystems for production‑scale equipment and components
• Manage and serve as the primary technical liaison for all electrical engineering design work performed by third‑party contractors
• Review single line schematics and electrical schematics for all equipment and components
• Conduct and/or review arc flash analyses
• Develop detailed RFP and equipment specifications, assist with vendor selection, and manage technical aspects of the procurement process for electrical hardware
• Analyze vendor proposals, specifications, data sheets, drawings, and calculations to ensure strict adherence to project scope, contract requirements, applicable standards, and company engineering practices
• Create electrical engineering and construction work packages for site installation
• Maintain plant wide load list and work with the balance of plant team to ensure seamless integration
• Provide cost estimation support for electrical design and construction
• Provide technical support during the equipment fabrication, installation/construction, unit startup and commissioning phases
• Create and maintain comprehensive electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, cable schedules, and bills of materials (BOMs).
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive company standards, specifications, and design guidelines for all facility electrical infrastructure and systems.

• Proficiency in designing industrial electrical power systems
• Electronics and wiring knowledge (analog signals, AC and DC power fundamentals, control wiring, and diagnostic tools)
• Experience generating electrical schematics, including wiring diagrams, network architecture, control panel design, and power distribution, including AutoCAD Electrical and ETAP experience
• Extensive experience with electric power system design, studies, and protective relay applications
• Experience with cable sizing and specifying cable tray and conduit routing layouts
  
  Experience designing, analyzing and implementing robust ground and shielding schemes
• Expert in NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code) and 79 (Industrial Machinery Safety), UL508A
• Support NFPA 86 design review process, especially electrical design for electric heaters
• Design for high power systems (electrical heaters, compressors, pumps, etc)
• Design for electrical…