Electrical Designer

About Erthos (www.erthos.com)

Erthos is an energy technology company dedicated to providing the world’s lowest-cost green energy. Creator of Earth Mount Solar™ PV, a revolutionary approach to utility-scale solar that dramatically reduces land and material requirements, Erthos has also developed highly innovative breakthrough technologies, as yet unannounced, that promise to change the way entire industries make and use clean fuel.

Erthos has adopted a highly focused, yet flexible strategy to introduce our products and services to markets around the world, beginning with the US. Our success relies on hiring the best and brightest people for every role in the company, and then collectively focusing them on our mission to deliver the world’s lowest-cost clean energy to everyone on the planet.

For more information on Erthos — including leadership profiles, white papers, news articles, and details about how our technology works — visit the company website at www.erthos.com.

Position Summary

As a key member of our Engineering team reporting to our CAD Manager, you will be responsible for effectively and efficiently creating highly detailed AutoCAD-based electrical drawing packages for utility-scale solar PV projects ranging from 200 kW to 100 MW. The position supports the creation of comprehensive permit and construction documents, including solar PV site plans, wiring and raceway layouts, equipment configurations, and medium to high-voltage systems. You will work closely with the team to help coordinate the collection of data and information into these drawing packages.

This role ensures accurate coordination of project data and maintains high-quality design standards. The position also contributes to the continuous improvement of evolving solar PV system designs and cross-functional collaboration across departments.

We are looking for someone to be able to turn guidance from the Engineering team into comprehensive engineering details (i.e. MV XFRM termination details, etc.). We are also looking for someone who is open to learning AI capabilities of CAD tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate accurately scaled engineering drawing packages, ranging from moderate to high complexity, to support the design, permitting, and construction phases of new utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) sites. This involves utilizing existing drawings, equipment specifications, and guidance from Erthos' Engineering teams.
• Work with the Sales team for the preparation of sales proposal drawings.
• Work with the Engineering team for the preparation of drawings and schedules for engineering packages from concept to as-builts. The focus will mainly consist of electrical drawings but there may be times you are asked to help other departments to meet tight deadlines.
• Create Bill of Materials (BOM) documents as needed.
• Prepare drawing exhibits for construction RFI's.
• Interpret and incorporate vendor/catalog drawings into our design packages.
• Strictly follow current local and national design and company standards for all drawing packages.
• As needed, work with other departments such as R&D and Marketing to improve design concepts to draw in new Perform other related duties as required.

Skills & Qualifications

• An associate degree or AutoCAD certification in Drafting and Design. A high proficiency in the latest versions of AutoCAD is required. We use Sheet Set Manager, data links and data extraction.
• A solid working knowledge within AutoCAD related to layer management, blocks, paper space, model space, view ports, and x refs, as well as usage of drawing scales as they relate to text dimensions, lines, viewports, plotting, plot scales, pen tables, etc.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in electrical, PV, or utility power engineering industries.
• Utility-scale or large-scale PV plant design experience is a HUGE plus.
• Must be able to read, understand, and interpret architectural/engineering/vendor design documents and drawings, including common notes and symbols, particularly within the electrical and engineering trades. Solid understanding of drafting techniques and engineering terminology including title blocks, symbols, legends, dimensioning, and other standard engineering components.
• Experience creating electrical drawings with a very high degree of accuracy with high throughput.
• Must have experience with coordinating design packages for permitting.
• Ability to visually compare design drawings to find errors or inconsistencies.
• Excellent problem solver with critical thinking skills required.
• Working experience in pdf applications like Adobe, Bluebeam etc.
• Experience in REVIT, SketchUp, and SolidWorks is beneficial.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365
• Passion for clean and renewable energy, and a commitment to quality and consistency.
• Candidates will be tested during the interview process to illustrate their level of CAD expertise.

Location

This is a fully remote position, so we require this person to be:

• Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and effectively in a fully remote environment
• Highly organized, focused, and productive with minimal supervision
• A self-driven professional with strong time management skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Maintain high productivity, accountability, and communication standards
• Proactive and disciplined, with the ability to prioritize tasks and independently manage their workload.

Compensation and Benefits

Our base salary will be commensurate with your level of electrical design experience that you bring to this role. We are targeting a base salary of between $75,000 to $100,000.

• Stock options granted to all employees.
• Annual bonus potential.
• Erthos pays 90% of all medical, dental and vision insurance premiums for its employees and their spouse and children.
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k)