Founding SCADA, Controls & Mechatronics Engineer

Company Description Karh develops modular utility-scale battery energy storage and fleet EV charging infrastructure to support large-scale electrification. In an era of AI and mass electrification, Karh’s power stations are designed to reliably power cities and high-demand environments. The company focuses on innovative, scalable solutions that reduce dependence on new generation and transmission resources that may be slow or uncertain to arrive.

Karh offers a fast-paced environment for individuals interested in cutting-edge energy technology and real-world impact.

Role Description As an equity-bassed Founding SCADA & Controls Engineer with Karh, you will design, develop, implement, test, scale and certify end-to-end power plant, supervisory control systems and operational technologies for utility-scale battery energy storage power station and EV charging infrastructure.

With your 15+ years or experience with large-scale power plant/station SCADA system, RTU, power plant controls, embedded system, PLC programming, engineering and integration of sensors, actuators, complex industrial hardware of all kinds and NERC-compliant communication networks, you will lead mechatronics efforts from electrical design, programmatic controls, cyber-security, fire safety, always-on critical infrastructure architectures.

This is a remote or hybrid role based ideally in NY, NH, MA, or QC with future on-site work and some work-from-home flexibility. You will take stock position into the company at the pre-funding stage.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in power plant controls, high-latency embedded software, and SCADA architectures.
• Extensive experience of Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering in power systems, controls, and instrumentation.
• Leadership in hardware, software, and communication issues in complex control environments.
• Proven Motion Control, Robotics, power plant controllers, actuators, drives, automation systems skills
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics
• Vast knowledge of C, C++, RFPG or PLC programming, UL/NFPA safety and NERC security standards
• High-voltage equipment, field engineering, documentation, configurations, system integration expert
• Flawless communication, collaborative, high-performance, self-driven in ultra-fast-paced multidisciplinary startup tea environment
• 15-20 years power plant, power storage, EV infrastructure