Senior Field Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Strong position focusing on operational leadership in innovative projects with competitive compensation and the potential for quick career advancement.
- Salary range of $100,000 - $150,000, suitable for industrial engineers
- Key role in operationalizing innovative thermal battery systems
- Significant influence on project delivery and quality control
- Travel and relocation require flexibility
Pros
- Involvement in pioneering industrial technology installations
- High salary range of $100,000 - $150,000 annually
- Opportunities for significant onsite responsibilities
- Critical role in ensuring operational quality and safety
Cons
- Extensive travel required, potentially impacting personal life
- Hands-on troubleshooting may lead to unpredictable hours
- Initial projects may lead to extended onsite periods away from home
Who it's for
Mid-level to Senior • Onsite
Good fit
- Field engineers with strong industrial experience
- Candidates looking for leadership roles onsite
- Individuals who thrive in dynamic and flexible environments
Not recommended for
- Candidates seeking rigid schedules and locations
- Individuals uncomfortable with frequent travel and relocation
- Those without prior field engineering experience
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Antora builds and deploys thermal batteries to power always-on industrial operations with low-cost energy. Factory-built in the United States, Antora’s modular thermal batteries deliver reliable heat and power, enabling industrial facilities of any size to decarbonize predictably and profitably. Antora is electrifying global industry while supporting U.S. manufacturing jobs, lowering costs for energy consumers, and enhancing the competitiveness of American industry.
We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and build with humility and openness. We are committed to continue building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future where every industrial facility, everywhere on earth, is powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.
Position Summary
We are seeking a self-driven and passionate individual to join our engineering team to deliver zero-carbon industrial heat and power with our novel solid state thermal battery. We are a tight-knit team that loves what we do and we strive to have an impact, working with humility and openness while building lifelong relationships along the way. The Field Engineer is responsible for managing the hands-on integration of Antora’s Thermal Energy Storage Battery and balance of plant systems during the installation, commissioning, and operations phases of a project. The field engineer will collaborate with internal engineering and operations teams to safely commission and operate first-of-a-kind industrial installations of the Antora's thermal battery. The field engineer will be a key technical member of a cross-functional and rapidly growing organization, whose work will directly contribute to the demonstration of a first of a kind long-duration energy storage technology.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Set-up, operate, configure, and maintain balance of plant machinery and Thermal Energy Storage modules
- Operate and run the facility through the plant SCADA system
- Directing construction crews or workers at site; oversee repairs
- Create and run performance test plans, to ensure equipment operates per its performance guarantees
- Draft and submit reports on project status, operational metrics, standard operating procedures, and performance tests
- Generate and execute on designs for minor site or equipment modifications and upgrades
- Responsible for ensuring the equipment produces high quality products, runs smoothly and at capacity, and is properly maintained
- Diagnose construction and machinery issues; perform maintenance; resolve onsite malfunctions
- Perform quality control, follow reporting and record keeping procedures, and report problems to supervisor
- Comply with all safety and health regulations
- Read mechanical drawings, P&IDs, electrical schematics, and make red-lines as required
- Be the technical point of contact for installation, commissioning, and operational tasks between the engineering teams and operational teams
- Provide clear and regular feedback to other engineering teams
Key Qualifications
- Bachelors or equivalent in mechanical, industrial, process, electrical, software, or automation engineering and/or 5+ years’ experience as a Field Engineer in industrial applications (oil & gas, chemicals, power plants, etc.)
- Experience commissioning industrial equipment such as developing and performing ITPs, Loop Checkouts, FAT & SAT
- Hands on experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing industrial devices such as motors, VFDs, pumps, valves and instrumentation like RTDs, Thermocouples and Transmitters
- Ability to temporarily relocate or be onsite 90%+ of the time for multiple months at project sites - our 1st project is expected to be in South Dakota (note: Antora supports temporary relocation and living arrangements benefits for this position)
Additional Qualifications Desired
- Experience with processes engineering of systems like Combined Heat and Power Plants, Boilers, Steam Generators and High Temperature Fluid loops.
- Experience with Allen Bradley, Emerson, SEL PLCs.
- Experience with Ignition SCADA.
- Previous operations and maintenance experience
- Experience with medium voltage and low voltage power systems
Work Location: Onsite - South Dakota 60-75% time.
Salary Range: $100,000 USD - $150,000 USD
Salary Basis: Annual
Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora's Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements.
In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off.
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