Lead Control Engineer – Power Systems

We’re looking for a Lead Control Engineer – Power Systems to take ownership of the real-time control architecture of our CPPC Tiers platform. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring grid stability, grid-code compliance, and architectural coherence across all control layers for large-scale renewable energy and storage systems.

This is a senior, high-impact role for someone who understands power systems deeply, is comfortable making hard technical trade-offs, and can bridge theory, implementation, and certification realities. Rather than just executing specifications, you’ll shape control strategy, guide technical decisions, and act as a key authority both internally and externally.

This role is fully remote.

What You Will Do

• Own and govern the real-time control architecture for RES and BESS plants across the CPPC Tiers platform

• Design, implement, and validate real-time active/reactive power, voltage, and frequency (P/Q/V/f) control loops

• Lead technical trade-offs between performance, system stability, and certification risk

• Support QA and validation activities, including dynamic simulations, HIL testing, and field validation

• Act as the technical interface toward TSOs, DSOs, EPCs, and certification bodies during grid-code audits

• Ensure architectural consistency and long-term maintainability across multiple control layers and deployments

• Mentor engineers and contribute to the evolution of control standards and best practices

Why Join Us

You will join a fast-growing technology company operating in a complex and challenging industrial and energy environment, where software and engineering innovation has a real impact on systems and infrastructure.

We work on highly complex projects that require strong technical expertise, ownership, and close collaboration across multidisciplinary teams (software, control, automation, operations).

Positions are open both to professionals working as contractors and to candidates interested in on-site employee roles, depending on the profile, experience, and project needs.
We welcome applications from local candidates, available to work on-site, as well as from professionals based worldwide, in line with the applicable contractual model.

We offer a dynamic, results-oriented work environment, where people are actively involved in projects and valued for the contribution they bring

BaxEnergy is committed to promoting a fair, inclusive, and respectful working environment and to adopting an inclusive protocol that ensures equal opportunities and prohibits any form of discrimination based on sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, personal beliefs, or any other personal or social condition.

About BaxEnergy

BaxEnergy creates strategic software solutions for monitoring renewable energy. Our mission is to democratize access to energy and drive positive environmental change. Our team, led by our founder and CEO Simone Massaro, is deeply committed to the ethical impact of our work.

• Smart, pragmatic, and focused on delivering real impact

• 8-12+ years of experience in control theory and power systems engineering

• Hands-on experience with inverter-based generation, BESS, and utility-scale grid codes

• Proven experience working with PPCs, microgrid controllers, or BESS control platforms

• Comfortable operating in regulated, mission-critical environments where correctness matters

• Able to work with globally distributed teams, with at least a 4-hour overlap with CET/CEST

• Eligible to obtain a visa and able to travel to Italy within three months of hiring