How to apply for Senior or Staff Electrical Engineer

About Antora Energy

Antora Energy builds thermal batteries that store low-cost renewable electricity as heat and deliver always-on industrial power. The company avoids supply-constrained critical minerals and multi-year construction timelines. It is growing a team that values mission, connection, and humility.

About the role

This role owns electrical system design for large medium-voltage systems above 100MW. You will design protective relay architectures, author relay settings and logic, and produce point-to-point wiring diagrams for SEL or GE relays. The work directly supports deploying Antora's thermal batteries at industrial scale.

A typical day

A typical day may involve designing or reviewing medium-voltage protective relay architectures, writing relay settings files and logic matrices, and producing point-to-point wiring diagrams. You would also coordinate with other engineering teams to define electrical scope and ensure compliance with codes and safety practices. Exact daily routines are not described in the posting, so ask about team structure and typical project workflow in interviews.

Who Antora Energy is looking for

• Has deep experience with medium-voltage electrical distribution, transformation, and control for systems above 100MW.
• Can design and specify protective relay architectures and write settings files, logic matrices, and wiring diagrams for SEL or GE microprocessor-based relays.
• Knows applicable electrical codes, standards, and safety practices for utility-grade systems.
• Can work onsite in San Jose, California, or is a strong remote candidate who can travel as needed.

Tips for this application

• State clearly whether you can work onsite in San Jose or need remote. The posting says onsite is preferred but remote may be considered.
• List specific relay models and platforms you have programmed, such as SEL-421, SEL-487, or GE T60, with the voltage and MW scale of each project.
• Include examples of relay settings files, logic matrices, or point-to-point wiring diagrams you have authored. Describe the project size and your exact role.
• Quantify your medium-voltage experience in MW. The role requires large systems above 100MW, so vague references to 'utility scale' are not enough.
• Mention any experience with thermal energy storage, battery storage, data center power, or industrial power systems, since Antora serves those markets.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your hands-on experience designing and specifying medium-voltage protective relay architectures above 100MW.', 'Specific relay platforms you have used and the types of settings files, logic matrices, and wiring diagrams you have authored.', 'Your knowledge of electrical codes, standards, and safety practices for utility-grade systems.', 'Your ability to own electrical scope from definition through execution, and your location or remote work situation relative to San Jose.']

Research before applying

• Read Antora's website and any public materials on how its thermal battery works, including the role of low-cost electricity and always-on heat and power.
• Look up the specific relay platforms mentioned, SEL and GE, and review their medium-voltage protective relay product lines.
• Find public information on Antora's deployments or pilot projects to understand the scale and stage of the company.
• Check the San Jose, California location and decide whether onsite work is possible for you before applying.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk through a medium-voltage protective relay architecture you designed. What relays did you specify and why?
• How do you develop relay settings files and logic matrices for SEL or GE relays? Describe your process and any tools you use.
• How do you ensure compliance with electrical codes and safety practices on a large medium-voltage project?
• Describe a time you defined electrical scope for a project and had to coordinate with mechanical, thermal, or controls teams.
• Why thermal batteries and Antora specifically? What interests you about always-on industrial heat and power without critical minerals?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without stating your location or ability to work onsite in San Jose, since the posting is explicit about this.
• Listing medium-voltage experience without MW scale, relay models, or specific deliverables like settings files and wiring diagrams.
• Treating this as a generic electrical engineering role and ignoring the protective relay, logic matrix, and utility-grade focus.