Staff Applications Engineer

• Serve as the technical lead for customer opportunities, owning the technical conversation with customer engineering teams and executives.
• Size and configure Antora's thermal batteries for each site, optimizing trade-offs across performance, cost, and site constraints.
• Produce conceptual site layouts, heat integration designs, and cost estimates supporting letters of intent and investment approvals.
• Scale the applications engineering function by building tools, defining playbooks, and mentoring a small team.

This role directly enables the deployment of thermal energy storage to decarbonize industrial operations and data centers, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and advancing the transition to clean, low-cost energy.

• Bachelor's or equivalent in mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering (or related field) and 12+ years of experience (or 8+ with a relevant advanced degree) in utility-scale energy projects, large industrial facilities, or energy equipment applications.
• Deep expertise in either industrial process/thermal systems or power systems, with working fluency in the other.
• Experience with energy storage and/or utility-scale energy projects, including site layout and equipment configuration.
• Exceptional customer-facing communication and presentation skills; AI-fluent with strong automation instincts.

Salary range: $175,000 - $210,000 USD annually. Total Rewards include equity compensation (stock options), premium health benefits with life and disability insurance, 401K with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and industry-leading paid-time-off policy with flexible holiday observance and paid volunteer time off.

Antora Energy builds and deploys thermal energy storage to power industrial operations and data centers with low-cost, clean energy, electrifying global industry while supporting U.S. manufacturing jobs and enhancing competitiveness.