Job Description

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Position Summary:

Redwood Materials is seeking a highly experienced Staff Field Engineer, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to serve as a senior technical authority for the deployment, commissioning, operation, performance optimization, and lifecycle support of utility-scale and commercial battery energy storage systems.

This position is responsible for solving the organization’s most complex field engineering challenges across medium/high-voltage electrical systems, power conversion systems (PCS), battery modules, battery management systems (BMS), controls, communications, and SCADA interfaces.

The Staff Field Engineer will operate with a high degree of autonomy and serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex, high-impact issues that cannot be resolved through standard service procedures or conventional troubleshooting methods. The role requires substantial independent engineering judgment and is expected to resolve problems for which established procedures, documentation, or technical precedent may not exist.

The position will lead system-level troubleshooting, failure investigations, root-cause analysis, performance recovery, and technical resolution of critical equipment and system failures. Decisions and recommendations made by this role may directly affect personnel safety, system availability, customer operations, project schedules, lifecycle cost, and the reliability of Redwood’s deployed energy-storage portfolio.

Beyond individual site support, the Staff Field Engineer will translate field experience into scalable improvements across Engineering, Product, Quality, Operations, and Service, helping improve product reliability, serviceability, commissioning effectiveness, and long-term fleet performance.

Extensive travel, up to 75%, is expected to support critical deployments, commissioning activities, complex technical investigations, and escalations across Redwood’s operating footprint.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Advanced Field Engineering & Technical Authority
• Technical Leadership & Project Reliability & Performance
• Safety, Compliance & Documentation

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred; equivalent combination of education and extensive directly relevant technical experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible engineering, commissioning, field engineering, or advanced technical experience supporting BESS, power conversion, utility-scale energy systems, industrial power systems, renewable-energy infrastructure, or similarly complex high-voltage equipment.
• Advanced electro-mechanical and power systems expertise focused on utility-scale or commercial BESS (PCS, BMS, thermal systems, protection relays, SCADA interfaces).
• Demonstrated experience independently resolving complex field issues and leading technically significant commissioning, troubleshooting, or failure-analysis activities.
• Strong understanding of relevant electrical codes, standards, and grid interconnection requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, control schematics, and OEM documentation.
• Experience providing technical leadership and direction in field environments.
• Experience collaborating directly with Engineering, Product, Quality, Operations, customers, EPCs, suppliers, OEMs, and third-party service organizations.
• Physical ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs., climb, work at heights, and perform field tasks in varied outdoor conditions.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record; ability to travel extensively (up to 75%), including nights, weekends, and on-call as needed.

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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