Neara - Solution Engineer
Requirements
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience as a Designer, Estimator, or equivalent role producing distribution and/or transmission designs at a utility, EPC, or utility engineering services firm — work that involved pole loading and sag-tension analysis, clearance and NESC compliance, bill-of-materials development, and work order management. • 3–5 years of hands-on experience as a Designer, Estimator, or equivalent role • 3–5 years working at or directly embedded with an electric utility, with a clear understanding of how design work moves through standards, construction, operations, and asset management functions. • 3–5 years working at or directly embedded with an electric utility • Proficiency in at least one industry design tool — PLS-CADD, SpidaCalc, OCalc, Pole Foreman, or AutoCAD — and a working understanding of the others. Familiarity with utility CAD/GIS environments is expected. • Proficiency in at least one industry design tool • Aptitude for code. You don't need to be a software engineer, but you should be the kind of person who automates their own work, writes the macro instead of clicking through 400 rows, and is comfortable reading and modifying scripts (Python, VBA, or similar). You are excited to deepen this skill, not intimidated by it. • Aptitude for code. • Strong communication. You can explain a transverse load calculation to an executive and a business case to a designer, and adjust on the fly. • Strong communication. • Credibility with utility practitioners. You have stood your ground in a design review and can do the same in a customer conversation. PE licensure is not required. • Credibility with utility practitioners. • Curiosity and adaptability. You are energized by ambiguity, eager to learn new software deeply, and motivated by the chance to help shape a function rather than execute someone else's playbook. • Curiosity and adaptability. • Comfort with cross-functional work. You will be pulled between Sales, Product, and Marketing. You should find that energizing rather than disorienting. • Comfort with cross-functional work. • Experience with digital twin platforms, Neara, or similar physics-based modeling tools is a plus but not required. • Willingness to travel domestically to customer sites and industry events as needed (estimated 20–30%). • What We Are Offering You
Responsibilities
• Develop deep proficiency with the Neara software platform — including AutoDesign — to the point where you can demonstrate, teach, and apply it credibly in front of utility design, engineering, and operations audiences. • Serve as the technical subject matter expert in customer conversations, discovery calls, demos, and proof-of-value engagements, drawing on your firsthand experience as a utility designer to establish credibility and trust. • Partner with Sales to craft and deliver technical presentations, demo scripts, and customer-facing materials that translate Neara's capabilities into the language and workflows utility practitioners actually use. • Partner with Marketing to shape messaging, positioning, and content (one-pagers, technical briefs, case studies, webinars) that lands with designers, estimators, standards engineers, and their leaders. • Partner with Product to channel the voice of the utility designer into the roadmap — surfacing real workflow friction, validating proposed solutions, and helping prioritize against how the work actually gets done in the field. • Map Neara's capabilities against incumbent tooling (PLS-CADD, SpidaCalc, OCalc, Pole Foreman) and adjacent platforms (Bentley, AutoCAD, other digital twin providers) to articulate clear, defensible differentiation. • Build the muscle and the materials — playbooks, technical FAQs, objection handling, competitive teardowns — that will allow the Design function to scale as the team grows. • Engage directly with utility stakeholders ranging from individual designers to engineering managers to VPs, adapting your communication to the audience without losing technical precision.
Benefits
• $140K – $170K • Offers Equity • Base salary is just one part of the total compensation package and is determined by factors such as leveling, market location, skills, experience, and other considerations. • Please Note: we have set up limits for applications for this role. The following limits apply to applications for all jobs: • Candidates may not apply more than once to the same job in any 180 day span • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • In most cases, Neara is unable to offer visa sponsorship. Please ensure you have valid, unrestricted working rights for the country you wish to work in. • Yes - Valid working rights or visa • No - Require Sponsorship
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