Job Title: High Voltage Sr. Engineer
Location: Huntersville, NC
Employment Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Position Summary:-
We are seeking a
Senior Engineer - High Voltage Field Engineering to join our client - a growing High Voltage team in Huntersville, NC. This role combines electrical engineering expertise with hands-on field operations, supporting the installation, commissioning, and successful delivery of complex power systems.
This engineer will work closely with manufacturing, R&D, project management, installation technicians, and other engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle. Once onsite, this individual serves as a
go-to technical engineering resource, ensuring systems are installed and operating safely, electrically, and mechanically as designed.
Direct high-voltage cable experience is valuable but
not required. Candidates with strong field engineering experience within power delivery, transmission, substations, or similar electrical infrastructure environments will also be considered.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide engineering support for the installation, testing, commissioning, and field execution of electrical and high-voltage systems.
- Serve as a key technical resource onsite, troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues and making sound engineering decisions in real-time.
- Perform electrical engineering calculations and technical analysis to support system design, installation, and field operations.
- Work closely with installation technicians, Project Managers, Manufacturing, R&D, and engineering teams to ensure systems are fully prepared prior to energization.
- Verify systems meet technical specifications and operate safely and reliably before being placed into service.
- Support the engineering and specification of complete systems from initial design through final installation and commissioning.
- Review drawings, specifications, calculations, and other engineering documentation.
- Utilize engineering design tools such as AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks to review or support system and component designs.
- Apply relevant electrical codes, safety requirements, engineering standards, and industry best practices.
- Troubleshoot field issues and coordinate with internal teams to identify practical, timely solutions.
- Consult with engineering peers and other technical experts when resolving complex field challenges.
- Interface with customers and project stakeholders as a knowledgeable technical representative.
- Maintain a strong focus on field safety and safe execution of electrical work.
- Travel domestically approximately 30% to support project installations, commissioning, troubleshooting, and other field activities. Travel may fluctuate based on project needs.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or another engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of engineering experience with significant field operations/field engineering experience.
- Experience supporting power delivery, electrical infrastructure, transmission, substations, high-voltage systems, or similar environments.
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals with experience performing engineering calculations and technical analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical problems in a field environment.
- Strong understanding of electrical safety practices, codes, and engineering standards.
- Ability to work independently and make technical decisions while serving as an onsite engineering resource.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, project management, installation, and customer teams.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically approximately 30%.
Preferred Qualifications:
- High-voltage system or cable experience.
- Underground transmission experience.
- Overhead transmission experience.
- Substation experience.
- Transformer experience.
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks.
- Experience supporting system installation, testing, energization, or commissioning.
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Spectraforce Technologies
Aug 24, 2026