Automation Engineer at peakenergypeakenergy · Burlingame, California

Workplace: Remote

Posted: 2026-11-04

Skills: PythonAutomation Engineer Location: Burlingame, CA (some remote work acceptable) Reports to: Head of Automation About the Company Peak Energy is an American venture setting the standard in low-cost, giga-scale storage for the new era of clean, affordable, and reliable energy. Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling giga-watt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, SunPower, Fluence, and Enovix. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners TDK, ATL, Eclipse Ventures, and Doral Energy. Pioneering US-based vertical integration of Sodium-Ion Battery Energy Storage in partnership with leading Independent Power Producers and utilities. We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience. About the Job Peak Energy is looking for an experienced Automation Engineer to help build and run the automation behind a new generation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) manufacturing. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of control systems and automation solutions that ensure the efficiency, safety, and quality of our BESS products, and will use AI as a force multiplier to do it. This is a rare opportunity to shape how a modern factory is automated. Peak is embracing AI and large language models (LLMs) to automate automation: generating and updating PLC and HMI code, eliminating mundane programming, and assessing faults and stops through smart machine monitoring. You will help Peak push AI enablement well beyond Controls Engineering into adjacent disciplines such as electrical panel design, and you will bring the experience to know when AI is implementing correctly and when it needs monitoring. Responsibilities: Drive AI-assisted controls development: Apply AI and LLM-based tools to generate, refactor, doc …truncated… mwork abilities. Knowledge of environm…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst