Power Engineer

Electricity grids are undergoing the most significant transformation in a century. The shift to renewables, the proliferation of rooftop solar, batteries and EVs, and the increasing complexity of distribution networks are forcing utilities to operate their grids in fundamentally new ways. Gridsight's software platform uses data, ML and AI to help grid operators modernise their operations and unlock transformational new capabilities. We deliver visibility into the grid edge, faster renewable connections, and real-time orchestration of distributed energy. The opportunity is enormous ($1B+ ARR).

We're embedded with over 50% of Australia's distribution networks, more than 30% in New Zealand, and have 1 of the top 5 utilities in the US as our lighthouse. Airtree led our Series A, we grew ARR 3.4x in the past 6 months, and we're on the path to build the first truly generational utility software company.

We hold an exceptionally high talent bar, but if you’re talented, hungry and ambitious, come join us on our mission.

The Role

As a Power Engineer at Gridsight, you will play a hybrid role blending technical consulting and solution delivery. By combining deep power engineering expertise with strong commercial acumen, you will drive pre-sales engagement, support tender responses, and act as a trusted advisor to SMEs and senior leaders of distribution network service providers (DNSPs) as they buy and adopt Gridsight’s AI-driven grid intelligence platform.

Your mission is to deeply understand the customer’s context, needs and ambitions - and shepherd our team to rapidly deliver exceptional impact that builds trust, confidence and earns us the right to continually deepen our utility partnerships.

What You’ll Do

Act as an influential leader and technical subject matter expert, reporting directly to the General Manager Gridsight ANZ as part of the regional leadership team alongside Sales and Customer.

Advanced Power Engineering Expertise

Serve as an in-house subject matter expert on power distribution systems (distribution networks, LV/MV grid operation, grid modernisation)

Provide technical leadership for customer teams transitioning to Gridsight-powered workflows, ensuring implementations are robust, compliant, and designed for long-term scalability.

Understand the digital and systems landscape of utilities, how their tech stack is evolving to enable DSO, enabling you to contextualise Gridsight’s role within their bigger picture.

Represent Gridsight’s platform and product stack and the value our capabilities create, positioning Gridsight as a key enabler of the move into e.g. flexibility at scale, such as Dynamic Operating Envelopes.

Commercial and Technical-Led Sales

Play a central role in commercial discovery, helping identify utilities that can build strong internal cases for adopting Gridsight.

Develop and deliver compelling product demonstrations, technical workshops, and proof-of-concept engagements that clearly communicate the operational and commercial value of the Gridsight platform.

Support the commercial team in preparing bids, tenders, RFIs/RFPs, innovation funding applications, and partner proposals, ensuring high-quality technical contributions.

Act as the technical authority in customer calls and workshops, influencing decision-makers and helping progress opportunities through the sales pipeline.

Implementation & Technical Onboarding

Lead the end-to-end technical onboarding process for new utility customers, ensuring seamless deployment and configuration of Gridsight’s platform.

Work closely with customers to understand their network characteristics, operational requirements, and compliance obligations, tailoring onboarding and workflow configurations accordingly.

Solution and Roadmap Design

Act as a customer-facing extension of Product as a ‘forward deployed engineer’, accelerating our product velocity by discovering, designing, prototyping and testing MVP solutions that meet evolving customer needs.

Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to feed in Australian market requirements, influencing the roadmap and advocating for features that improve commercial competitiveness and deliver meaningful customer value.