Senior Electrical Engineer

Net Power is an energy technology and project development company focused on the development of natural gas power generation projects to meet growing demand for reliable power. Our near-term development activities are focused on delivering natural gas power generation, with equipment designed to accommodate carbon capture in later phases.

Our vision is to make natural gas the lowest cost form of clean firm power.

Our impact is transformational - Headquartered in Houston, Texas, we aspire to improve the communities where we work and we’re committed to pioneering advancements that redefine the energy landscape, ensuring a better future for generations to come.

Net Power is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to support the development, engineering, and execution of complex power generation projects. This role will include significant engineering and design review responsibilities, technical oversight of complex engineering calculations, studies, report writing, field investigations and act as technical resource for engineers and designers.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will have significant engineering and design review responsibilities, technical oversight of complex engineering calculations, studies, report writing, field investigations and act as technical resource for engineers and designers.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership throughout the complete project lifecycle—from feasibility studies and conceptual design through detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff. This position requires strong experience with onsite power generation, medium- and low-voltage distribution, microgrid controls, energy storage, system protection, and data center reliability requirements.

This role is based on-site at our office in Houston, TX (located in the energy corridor). A hybrid work schedule is offered (3 days office / 2 days remote). Travel to the project site will be required; frequency will depend on project phase (heavier during construction).

• Lead the electrical design of fully islanded, behind-the-meter microgrids and onsite power plants serving large-scale data centers.
• Develop reliable power system architectures incorporating technologies such as reciprocating engines, gas turbines, fuel cells, battery energy storage systems, renewable generation, and backup generators.
• Establish electrical design criteria, basis-of-design documents, system narratives, equipment specifications, and engineering standards.
• Design medium- and low-voltage generation and distribution systems, including substations, switch gear, transformers, busways, UPS systems, automatic transfer schemes, and critical power distribution.
• Develop single-line diagrams, protection and control diagrams, grounding plans, equipment layouts, cable schedules, and interconnection drawings.
• Define generation dispatch, load-sharing, synchronization, load-shedding, spinning-reserve, black-start, and system-restoration strategies.
• Engineer electrical systems to meet data center availability, redundancy, maintainability, and resiliency objectives, including N, N+1, 2N, and distributed-redundant configurations.
• Perform or oversee load-flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, arc-flash, motor-starting, transient-stability, harmonic, grounding, and reliability studies.
• Develop protection philosophies and relay settings for generators, transformers, switch gear, feeders, bus systems, and battery energy storage systems.
• Coordinate microgrid controllers, power plant control systems, generator controls, energy management systems, SCADA, and building management systems.
• Evaluate dynamic system performance during generator trips, large…