Founding Power Engineer

About Us

Gridsight is a rapidly growing Grid/Clean Tech startup on a mission to accelerate global electrification and decarbonisation. We are building a vertical SaaS platform for electricity utilities, enabling them to modernise grid operations and unlock transformational capabilities such as dynamic operating envelopes and flexible interconnections. We raised our Series A funding from Airtree Ventures and Energy Transition Ventures, and are on track to 3x annual recurring revenue over 6 months in our lead up to Series B.

If you’re talented, hungry and ambitious, come join us on our mission.

As a Power Engineering Lead at Gridsight, you will play a hybrid role blending technical consulting and solution delivery. You’ll be at the forefront of deploying and optimising our platform with utility customers - ensuring development and delivery of maximum value, while also advancing our thought-leadership in the industry. This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly scaling, venture-backed company in the power industry.

Role Overview

You will play a pivotal role in accelerating Gridsight’s expansion across the UK and Europe. Combining deep power engineering expertise with strong commercial acumen, you will drive pre-sales engagement, support tender responses, and act as a trusted advisor to utilities and distribution network operators (DNOs/DSOs) as they adopt Gridsight’s AI-driven grid analytics platform.

Key Responsibilities

Advanced Power Engineering Expertise

• Serve as an in-house subject matter expert on power distribution systems (distribution networks, LV/MV grid operation, grid modernisation)
• Provide technical leadership for customer teams transitioning to Gridsight-powered workflows, ensuring implementations are robust, compliant, and designed for long-term scalability.

Commercial and Technical-Led Sales

• Play a central role in commercial discovery, helping identify utilities that can build strong internal cases for adopting Gridsight.
• Develop and deliver compelling product demonstrations, technical workshops, and proof-of-concept engagements that clearly communicate the operational and commercial value of the Gridsight platform.
• Support the commercial team in preparing bids, tenders, RFIs/RFPs, innovation funding applications, and partner proposals, ensuring high-quality technical contributions.
• Act as the technical authority on customer calls, influencing decision-makers and helping progress opportunities through the sales pipeline.
• Foster long-term customer relationships by proactively monitoring platform usage, offering optimisation strategies, and ensuring high levels of satisfaction.

Implementation & Technical Onboarding

• Lead the end-to-end technical onboarding process for new utility customers, ensuring seamless deployment and configuration of Gridsight’s platform.
• Work closely with customers to understand their network characteristics, operational requirements, and compliance obligations, tailoring onboarding and workflow configurations accordingly.
• Oversee data migration, integration with third-party systems, and performance monitoring for smooth day-to-day operation.
• Partner with sales, client success, product, and engineering to continually improve the platform implementation and customer onboarding process.

Solution Customisation & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to feed in UK/EU market requirements, influencing the roadmap and advocating for features that improve commercial competitiveness.
• Advise customers on best practices for data management, engineering analytics, digital workflows, and the optimal use of AI-driven insights.
• Identify opportunities for additional value-added services, expanded deployments, and product enhancements based on customer…