Senior Power Systems Commissioning Engineer

Overview

Torus is a pioneering, sustainable energy solutions company based in Utah, dedicated to revolutionizing renewable energy storage and management. Our mission is to empower communities to become their own sustainable energy providers. We tackle challenges facing the American energy landscape. Our advanced Torus Nova Spin Flywheel technology charges and discharges electricity 16 times faster than traditional batteries, ensuring rapid response to grid demands and enhancing energy efficiency. Our manufacturing, research and development facilities in South Salt Lake and Springville, Utah drive continuous innovation, and our commitment to American manufacturing ensures quality and reliability. Join us at Torus and be part of an exciting team that is transforming the energy landscape.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Power Systems Commissioning Engineer to lead the commissioning, testing, and validation of large-scale energy storage systems. This role is ideal for an experienced electrical engineer with deep expertise in high-power systems, protection, and integration of energy storage with the grid. You will serve as a technical leader during factory and field commissioning, ensuring compliance with safety standards, utility interconnection requirements, and customer performance specifications. This role requires regular travel to installation sites (estimated to be about 50%).

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning of 1–50 MW energy storage systems and protection relays by overseeing installation verification, energization, functional testing, and customer handover while developing and executing detailed test plans, procedures, and safety protocols.
• Interface with utilities, AHJs, and customers to ensure compliance with interconnection, grid codes, and safety standards and provide technical guidance to field technicians, contractors, and junior engineers.
• Ensure documentation of test results, punch lists, and as-built drawings and support continuous improvement by feeding lessons learned back into design and project engineering teams.
• Engage with core engineering team to support R&D initiatives that involves
• Comprehensive, high-power testing using load simulators to validate the stability (steady-state, dynamic, and transient) of FESS and BESS. This assessment covers both grid-connected and islanded operational modes to verify the design and manufacturing quality of key components—including control cabinets, power cabinets, and high-voltage cables—in accordance with UL9540 standards.
• Specialized testing for microgrid design process (AC microgrid, DC microgrid and Hybrid microgrid), with FESS, BESS and EVs including benchmark compilation, microgrid element modeling, control system design, information and communication technologies, power and communication modeling, black start capabilities, power quality requirements.
• Coordination of voltage control, frequency control, protection, energy management, load management, and demand & response management.
• Testing and validation of models and equipment sizing for electrical braking of rotating machines, DC link power balance, along with the identification, testing and coordination with adequacy of safety.
• Testing and validation of electrical design calculations and inverter control algorithms (step response, frequency response, stability testing)
• Validation of calculations on transformer sizing and testing according to DOE specs and IEEE standards.
• Validation of battery controller logics for operation of Battery BNMS and Grid Side Converters.

Required Experience

Experience

You'll be a great fit

If you are passionate about solving complex climate challenges and committed to innovation to preserve and enhance our planet, you thrive as a self-starter in a growing startup and leverage your technical skills to empower customers to adopt clean, renewable energy solutions.

Our Perks & Benefits

Additional Details

Background Check : All candidates are subject to a background check.

Experience : Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of experience in power systems design, commissioning, and troubleshooting of large scale energy projects.

Location + Travel : The nature of the position requires the team member to work at customer locations including regular travel to client sites (estimated to be 50%). Occasional work and training may be required at the South Salt Lake warehouse (air-conditioned). May require occasional onsite work in Springville R&D center (air-conditioned and non air-conditioned).

Schedule : Full-Time, Salaried

Compensation : $140,000-160,000 (Note : We have the flexibility to hire at different levels, which may impact the corresponding pay range.)

Physical Requirements :

Equal Opportunity Employer : Torus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status.

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