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Senior Manager - Service Engineer, Energy Storage

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead and scale the Service Engineering department for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), transitioning the team from hands-on support to a structured organization that bridges field operations and core engineering.

Role type

Senior Manager, Field Service Engineering & Technical Operations

Builds

Structured Tier-2/Tier-3 support frameworks, O&M handoff protocols, and root-cause engineering solutions for BESS assets.

Domain

Energy Storage / Battery Systems / Power Electronics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Team leadership and scaling, SLA and escalation threshold definition, complex system failure analysis (electrical, thermal, controls, software, PCS), translating field data into product requirements, enterprise service documentation development, deep knowledge of BESS architecture (EMS, BMS, PCS, protection systems, thermal controls), experience with structured escalation models.

Preferred skills

Experience scaling service engineering in fast-paced startup environments.

Technologies

EMS, BMS, PCS, protection systems, thermal controls

Responsibilities

Recruit and mentor a multi-tiered team of Service Engineers; Define SLAs and handoff criteria between O&M, Service Engineering, and Product/R&D; Lead complex technical investigations across electrical, thermal, controls, software, and power conversion systems; Translate field telemetry and failure data into actionable product requirements; Oversee development of enterprise service documentation, decision trees, and upskilling programs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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