Exponent
Senior Manager/Principal Engineer - Energy Transition (MS/PhD)
Exponent, Bowie, Maryland, United States, 20721
Senior Manager/Principal Engineer - Energy Transition (MS/PhD)
Position Details
Location: Natick MA, Menlo Park CA, Houston TX, Chicago IL, Denver CO, Phoenix AZ, Bowie MD, Atlanta GA
Practice: Thermal Sciences
Position Type: Full‑time
Posted Salary Range: USD $176,000.00 – $260,000.00 /Yr.
About Exponent Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profound, unique, and urgent challenges. Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we’ve connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow’s solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.
Join our team of experts from over 500 universities, with extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drive our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. We help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning.
950+ Consultants
640+ Ph.D.s
90+ Disciplines
30+ Offices globally
Our Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Managing Engineer or Principal Engineer in the field of Energy Transition for our Thermal Sciences Practice in multiple locations nationwide. In this role, you will work as part of a team to help clients solve challenging technical problems that are often urgent, high profile, and multidisciplinary. You will also drive expansion of our capabilities in renewable energy, alternative energy, energy storage, and energy transition. A strong technical background in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics is essential. Career growth will include increasing project management duties and substantial responsibility for generating revenue, client relations, and hiring technical staff.
You Will Be Responsible For
Providing consulting services and developing business on a wide variety of systems, components, and facilities, including:
Wind power
Solar power
Hydrogen systems
Alternative fuels
Energy storage
Energy transmission
Power plants
Gathering and synthesizing information from field investigations, experimental testing, document reviews, and engineering analysis, and effectively conveying technical conclusions.
Promoting Exponent’s expertise in alternative and renewable energy by meeting with potential clients, presenting at conferences, writing thought‑leadership articles and white papers, and conducting seminars.
Effectively managing and developing a group of highly motivated junior consultants.
Required Skills and Qualifications
M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
10+ years of related work experience.
Professional Engineering license preferred.
Significant business development experience with a proven track record.
Demonstrated leadership skills, proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment, and strong mentoring skills.
Outstanding written and verbal communication and presentation skills; must communicate findings in the form of reports and presentations to clients or in a public forum.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and assertively.
Strong project management and leadership experience. Enduring commitment to professional development evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, participation in technical conferences, and professional engineering licensure or certifications.
Ability to travel on short notice.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV (Curriculum Vitae) with publications. You may include publications that are in review or pending. No restriction to one page.
Life at Exponent To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, visit https://www.exponent.com/careers/life-exponent and https://www.exponent.com/company/our-impact.
We value and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across all facets of our firm. Having a team built of people with different backgrounds, skills, and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.
Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well‑being. We believe that providing competitive benefits, as well as compensation and recognition programs, empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.
Work Environment We find that in‑person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and building a more inclusive workplace where everyone has a sense of belonging. Our consultants engage in‑person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities. We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well‑being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so they can meet clients, visit inspection sites, attend conferences, and make time for priorities outside of work. This flexible, agile work style and working hours allow our teams to drive innovation and results in their own ways, while meeting the needs of clients.
Compensation Our consultants are rewarded for their technical and business contributions and have an opportunity to plan for future success and career growth. Exponent’s total compensation plan is consistent with its expectations of the quality and quantity of work performed and with the professional standards set by Exponent. At the Manager level and above, total compensation includes base salary, annual bonus, and 401(k) employer contribution of 7% of base salary.
Base salary range for this position depends on experience and capabilities, which will be assessed during the interview process.
Salary range: USD $176,000.00 – $260,000.00 /Yr.
Benefits You Will Enjoy Access benefits information on our Life at Exponent page: https://www.exponent.com/careers/life-exponent.
Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected status.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-Accommodations@exponent.com.
Job Locations
Natick, MA (US-MA)
Menlo Park, CA (US-CA)
Houston, TX (US-TX)
Chicago, IL (US-IL)
Denver, CO (US-CO)
Phoenix, AZ (US-AZ)
Bowie, MD (US-MD)
Atlanta, GA (US-GA)
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About Exponent Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profound, unique, and urgent challenges. Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we’ve connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow’s solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.
Join our team of experts from over 500 universities, with extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drive our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. We help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning.
950+ Consultants
640+ Ph.D.s
90+ Disciplines
30+ Offices globally
Our Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Managing Engineer or Principal Engineer in the field of Energy Transition for our Thermal Sciences Practice in multiple locations nationwide. In this role, you will work as part of a team to help clients solve challenging technical problems that are often urgent, high profile, and multidisciplinary. You will also drive expansion of our capabilities in renewable energy, alternative energy, energy storage, and energy transition. A strong technical background in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics is essential. Career growth will include increasing project management duties and substantial responsibility for generating revenue, client relations, and hiring technical staff.
You Will Be Responsible For
Providing consulting services and developing business on a wide variety of systems, components, and facilities, including:
Wind power
Solar power
Hydrogen systems
Alternative fuels
Energy storage
Energy transmission
Power plants
Gathering and synthesizing information from field investigations, experimental testing, document reviews, and engineering analysis, and effectively conveying technical conclusions.
Promoting Exponent’s expertise in alternative and renewable energy by meeting with potential clients, presenting at conferences, writing thought‑leadership articles and white papers, and conducting seminars.
Effectively managing and developing a group of highly motivated junior consultants.
Required Skills and Qualifications
M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
10+ years of related work experience.
Professional Engineering license preferred.
Significant business development experience with a proven track record.
Demonstrated leadership skills, proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment, and strong mentoring skills.
Outstanding written and verbal communication and presentation skills; must communicate findings in the form of reports and presentations to clients or in a public forum.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and assertively.
Strong project management and leadership experience. Enduring commitment to professional development evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, participation in technical conferences, and professional engineering licensure or certifications.
Ability to travel on short notice.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV (Curriculum Vitae) with publications. You may include publications that are in review or pending. No restriction to one page.
Life at Exponent To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, visit https://www.exponent.com/careers/life-exponent and https://www.exponent.com/company/our-impact.
We value and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across all facets of our firm. Having a team built of people with different backgrounds, skills, and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.
Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well‑being. We believe that providing competitive benefits, as well as compensation and recognition programs, empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.
Work Environment We find that in‑person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and building a more inclusive workplace where everyone has a sense of belonging. Our consultants engage in‑person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities. We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well‑being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so they can meet clients, visit inspection sites, attend conferences, and make time for priorities outside of work. This flexible, agile work style and working hours allow our teams to drive innovation and results in their own ways, while meeting the needs of clients.
Compensation Our consultants are rewarded for their technical and business contributions and have an opportunity to plan for future success and career growth. Exponent’s total compensation plan is consistent with its expectations of the quality and quantity of work performed and with the professional standards set by Exponent. At the Manager level and above, total compensation includes base salary, annual bonus, and 401(k) employer contribution of 7% of base salary.
Base salary range for this position depends on experience and capabilities, which will be assessed during the interview process.
Salary range: USD $176,000.00 – $260,000.00 /Yr.
Benefits You Will Enjoy Access benefits information on our Life at Exponent page: https://www.exponent.com/careers/life-exponent.
Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected status.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-Accommodations@exponent.com.
Job Locations
Natick, MA (US-MA)
Menlo Park, CA (US-CA)
Houston, TX (US-TX)
Chicago, IL (US-IL)
Denver, CO (US-CO)
Phoenix, AZ (US-AZ)
Bowie, MD (US-MD)
Atlanta, GA (US-GA)
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