Monterra is hiring a Principal Electrical Engineer, PE - Power & EV Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Serve as the engineer in responsible charge of stamped output.
• Get hands-on in the drawings, especially early on - shoulder-to-shoulder with electrical engineers and AI engineering assistants, not reviewing from above.
• Supervise electrical design engineer(s), reviewing their work and providing the engineering judgment behind every stamped package.
• Shape the review checkpoints, QC playbooks, and supervision cadence that let us scale stamped output with AI without diluting responsible charge; collaborate with AI/software team to systematize.
• Produce permit-ready drawing packages for customers, starting with EV charging projects - site plans, SLDs, panel schedules, load calculations.
• Stamp and deliver completed packages to customers, owning the engineering quality and AHJ compliance end-to-end.
• Collaborate directly with customers to understand requirements and iterate on designs based on feedback.
• Document every design decision, rule-of-thumb, and AHJ-specific requirements - to coach our AI engineering assistant.
• Develop standardized templates, symbol libraries, and drawing conventions that become the foundation of our automated output.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks that consistently slow you down.
• Work directly with our product & engineering team to communicate and clarify these rules, requirements, and knowledge.
• Provide feedback and perform QC on the AI engineering assistant - by validating output, testing tools as part of your drawing production workflow, and more.
• Maintain a structured correction log - every issue you find gets documented with root cause, code reference, and AHJ context so it feeds back into the system.
• Develop playbooks for the AI engineering assistant for different types of projects - e.g., review checklists and quality standards for different project types and jurisdictions.
• Scale your throughput - the goal is to increase the number of stamped drawings we can deliver drastically as AI output quality improves and tedious work is effectively handled by the AI assistant, but in a manner that complies with regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• PE license in CA, MA, or NY (other states may be acceptable - if you're licensed in other states but are interested in the role, please apply); willingness to obtain additional state licenses as needed.
• 7+ years of electrical design experience, with demonstrated experience producing permit-ready drawing packages (site plans, SLDs, panel schedules, load calculations).
• Deep working knowledge of NEC and experience navigating AHJ-specific requirements.
• Experience with EV charging infrastructure design (DCFC and/or L2 installations, utility interconnection, load management, light civil & structural design).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills: ability to articulate engineering rules to teammates who are not experts in your area of expertise.
• Proficient with CAD and BIM tools.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with CAD automation, scripting, or parametric design tools.
• Comfort working with AI tools - not because you'll be coding, but because you'll be collaborating with AI systems daily.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Meaningful early-stage equity - this is the first PE on the team in a team of <10, not employee #50.
• Benefits including but not limited to: health, vision, dental insurance, commuter benefits, unlimited PTO, and more.

Team

Team size: <10. Structure: team of <10

Additional Information

• Remote-first; occasional travel for customer site visits and team gatherings.