Project Development Engineer (Data Center)

Job Description

Position Summary Insight Global is seeking a Project Development Engineer for a leading distributed energy and power infrastructure organization. This engineer will function in a unique hybrid role that combines technical engineering expertise with customer-facing business engagement. The team sits between product manufacturing and EPC operations, helping customers develop power distribution solutions focused on solar, battery energy storage systems, generators, switchgear, and critical infrastructure projects.

This position is ideal for a consultative engineer who enjoys interacting directly with customers, supporting sales efforts, and developing technical solutions rather than performing detailed equipment design work. More than 50% of the role involves customer engagement, making it a strong fit for candidates with a project engineer, sales engineer, consulting engineer, or application engineer background. Engineers will support major national accounts and data center initiatives while partnering closely with internal sales, manufacturing, and engineering stakeholders to bring projects from initial concept through execution. The role offers full remote flexibility, exposure to high-profile infrastructure projects, and the opportunity to influence strategic customer solutions in a rapidly growing market.

Day-to-day:

• Act as the technical liaison between customers, sales teams, and engineering groups throughout project development and execution
• Support pre-sales activities including scoping, costing, technical application reviews, and proposal development
• Develop concept drawings, one-line diagrams, and site layouts using CAD tools
• Meet directly with customers to understand project needs and design intent
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and sales teams on distributed infrastructure solutions
• Support projects post-sale as a technical resource and project team member
• Review project specifications and determine scope, schedule, risk, and technical requirements
• Lead customer meetings and presentations
• Balance multiple opportunities and projects simultaneously

Skills and Requirements

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of experience as an electrical consultant, application engineer, development engineer, or related industry professional

• Strong electrical consulting background

• Power distribution expertise with focus on:

• Solar

• BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems)

• Generator systems

• Experience with switchgear applications

• Strong 2D CAD skills / concept drawing development

• Commercial and industrial power systems knowledge

• Customer-facing engineering experience

• Ability to serve as a technical resource throughout the sales cycle and project execution

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

• Salesforce experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline Plusses:

• Data center power infrastructure experience (1 opening specifically aligned to the data center portfolio)

• Experience supporting large national retail accounts (Walmart, Target, etc.)

• Distributed Energy Resources (DER) experience

• Utility interconnection knowledge

• SKM power system modeling experience (fault, coordination, arc flash studies)

• Microgrid experience

• EPC environment experience

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].