AI Engineer

Overview Powertown is hiring an AI Engineer to build map-based intelligence for battery storage development. This role is for someone who can find signals in messy infrastructure data and turn it into a product advantage. The goal is simple: help Powertown see better sites across the US, faster. What You'll Do Turn scattered infrastructure data into a living map of opportunityBuild systems that rank, enrich, and explain prospectsExtract signal from land, grid, utility, market, and spatial dataUse agents to compress research loops that usually take daysCreate workflows that help the team notice what others missMake maps feel intelligent, not decorative Preferred Majors Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, Physics, GIS, or a similarly analytical field with strong technical ability. Ideal candidate You are part engineer, part detective, part strategistYou enjoy messy data because you know that is where the advantage is. You can look at a map and ask better questions than “what layer should we add?”You are not building dashboards. You are building a machine for discovering opportunity Preferred Qualifications Experience with geospatial systems, infrastructure datasets, utility data, energy markets, site selection, ranking systems, AI-assisted research, data extraction, or large messy public/commercial datasetsEvidence of unusual initiative through shipped projects, research, startup work, competitions, technical writing, or self-directed data productsExceptional ability exemplified through personal projects Compensation Range: $180K - $200K