Senior Electrical Engineer, Ebb Carbon
$145-178.5k
Office located in San Carlos, CA
Carbon removal technologies
Job no longer available
Carbon removal technologies
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$145-178.5k
Office located in San Carlos, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To unlock the ocean's power to solve climate change.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 8+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience in electrical power system design, specification, testing and startup, including utility coordination, facility infrastructure, low and medium voltage power distribution and standby power equipment, motor controls, lighting, grounding, and fault investigation
- Proficient in NEC and other relevant standards, codes and regulations
- Solid knowledge and understanding of electrical safety systems, NFPA 70E
- Strong communication and presentation skills
Desirable
- Startup experience ideal, startup mentality a must; someone who is scrappy and gets things done
- Professional Engineering (EE) license
- Licensed or journeyman electrician
- Project development experience
- Experience with: high current low voltage power supply design, modular system design, EE schematics and PCB design, and large scale project development (energy)
What the job involves
- Develop the electrical/power architecture for Ebb’s modular electrochemical system
- Design electrical power systems, and specify appropriate distribution hardware with grid interconnectivity in mind
- Create electrical single lines and electrical systems wiring diagrams
- Identify, specify and select key components for low and medium voltage like: transformers, Power supplies (e.g. AC/DC rectifiers), and switchgear based on cost and performance profiles
- Review system designs to ensure compliance with the NEC and other relevant electrical and controls systems standards, codes and regulations
- Troubleshoot power electronics through the commissioning and operational phases
- Foster a culture of electrical safety involving high voltage equipment, including owning LOTO program in accordance with NFPA 70E
- Review system designs for all relevant electrical code compliance
- Troubleshoot systems through the commissioning and operational phases
- Own single line and detailed wiring diagrams
- Work with project development to procure and install site infrastructure equipment
- Project Engineering - manage project development with external engineering partners
Our take
If humans didn’t produce so much carbon dioxide, the earth would be able to naturally regulate levels of it in the atmosphere - things like trees and seawater actively take carbon out of the air. Ebb Carbon’s aim is to enhance the ocean’s natural potential for carbon capture as a solution to the impacts of climate change.
Ocean carbon capture has a downside - it makes seawater overly acidic - but Ebb Carbon’s selling point is that their process of chemically boosting the carbon-storing potential of seawater goes hand in hand with their process for removing acid from the water to be used for various industrial applications. Less acidic seawater, less carbon in the air.
It’s far from the only company in the carbon capture market - there are a number of competitors doing similar work looking at storing carbon in rocks, or storing it in concrete to help construction industries reduce their footprint. But as the impacts of climate change are increasingly felt, investment in companies with the technologies to limit those impacts is growing rapidly.
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Company
Company HQ
San Carlos, CA
Leadership
Matthew Eisaman
(CTO)Formerly worked in Sustainable Energies at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Alongside their work at Ebb, they are a Technical Consultant at X, The Moonshot Factory, and an Asocciate Professor at Stony Brook University.
Ben Tarbell
(CEO)Previously worked as VP of Products at SolarCity, Energy Princple at Google and was on the Board of Directors at GRID Alternatives. They are currently also a Venture Partner at AiiM Partners and a Board Member at GlobalGiving.
Todd Pelman
(Chief Engineer)Former COO of ALBUMteam Inc, Director of Product Development at SunLink, CEO of Blue Green Pacific and VP of Engineering at Symmetry Sensors. Alongside their role at Ebb, they are CEO of Manufactory.
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