Director of Systems Engineering – Power Generation

Location: Remote, United States
Employment Type: Full-Time
Base Salary: Up to $230,000
Annual Bonus: 25-30%
Sign-On Bonus: $25,000-$50,000
Travel: Up to 30%, including project sites, customer meetings, regulatory agency meetings, and performance testing

An established power generation organization is seeking a Director of Systems Engineering to lead systems engineering, plant performance, applications engineering, environmental compliance, and engineering standards for gas turbine power generation projects serving data centers and industrial facilities.

This senior leadership role owns the technical basis for plant output, heat rate, emissions, and overall system integration. The Director will establish engineering requirements, oversee performance guarantees, evaluate technical and contractual risks, and ensure mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering teams work from a consistent plant design basis.

The ideal candidate combines deep gas turbine performance engineering expertise with experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, managing customer commitments, and supporting projects from proposal development through commissioning and performance testing.

Lead the systems engineering function, including plant performance, applications engineering, environmental and permitting engineering, and engineering standards and data management.

Own plant performance calculations and heat balance models, including output and heat rate guarantees, degradation assumptions, and ambient and site condition corrections.

Evaluate performance guarantee commitments and potential liquidated damages exposure before contractual commitments are finalized.

Establish and maintain the technical basis for plant output, heat rate, emissions, and overall system performance.

Lead performance test engineering, including test procedures, acceptance criteria, third-party testing coordination, and review of test results.

Ensure engineering commitments are technically achievable, clearly documented, and aligned with project requirements.

Establish the plant and site design basis, including plant configuration, auxiliary loads, net output, fuel gas requirements, and emissions performance requirements.

Define the technical requirements that mechanical, electrical, and controls engineering teams use to develop their designs.

Oversee plant configuration studies for simple-cycle, behind-the-meter, and islanded power generation applications.

Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, controls, project management, and operations teams to resolve system integration issues.

Review engineering deliverables for consistency with contractual requirements, performance assumptions, and plant operating objectives.

Lead applications engineering activities, including gas turbine selection, plant configuration studies, and technical proposal development.

Evaluate technical feasibility and plant performance for prospective projects.

Support customer technical discussions and ensure proposals accurately reflect plant capabilities, operating requirements, and performance commitments.

Oversee environmental engineering and permitting activities for gas turbine power generation projects.

Establish and review emissions requirements for nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde (HCHO), and particulate matter (PM).

Oversee air permit applications, applicable New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) compliance, and environmental…