Commercialization Expert

About the role

Energetics is a division of CLEAResult Energy Sustainability Services, founded in 1979 and joined by CLEAResult in 2024. We offer comprehensive clean energy consulting services to both public and private sector clients.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate emerging industrial and clean-tech solutions for technical readiness, market applicability, scalability, and deployment potential.
• Conduct macro-level techno-economic (TEA) and commercialization assessments, translating vendor or startup claims into realistic expectations.
• Assess startup maturity, including manufacturing scale-up potential, operational stability, market positioning, and technology differentiation.
• Identify the best industrial or utility applications for each technology and articulate clear pathways to adoption.
• Build business cases, pilot concepts, and executive-ready presentations to support utility or customer investment decisions.
• Engage with accelerators, national labs, venture-backed startups, and innovation partners to source and evaluate technologies.
• Provide strategic guidance to internal modeling teams and utility clients on emerging technology viability.
• Participate in technology-related site visits, process walkthroughs, or industrial “treasure hunts” as needed.
• Travel (~25%) to conferences, incubators, client sites, and technology demonstrations.

Requirements

• Demonstrated commercialization analysis experience—evaluating technologies for market fit, deployment readiness, and scalability.
• Strong capability in product and technology evaluation, including distinguishing between theoretical claims and achievable performance.
• Understanding of business models, value chains, and partnership structures relevant to technology deployment.
• Familiarity with startup funding mechanisms (pre-seed, seed, venture, private equity) and the dynamics of early-stage technology growth.
• Experience performing macro-feasibility assessments that combine technical, financial, and market considerations.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Background working with or within National Lab commercialization offices, accelerators, incubators, or clean-tech innovation programs.
• Experience in or exposure to industrial processes or manufacturing environments.
• Prior involvement in utility programs, industrial pilots, or energy innovation initiatives.
• Experience navigating ecosystems of vendors, technology developers, investors, or government energy agencies.

Soft Skills

• Systems thinker able to connect technologies, markets, stakeholders, and commercialization pathways.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills—capable of delivering insights to utility leaders and decision makers.
• Relationship builder with the ability to establish trust quickly across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Highly perceptive—skilled at identifying what is realistic vs. overstated in technology claims or startup stories.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous, and evolving program environments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company-paid health care concierge service
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation, sick, personal, and parental leave time
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Employee Recognition Program – convert your recognition points into gift cards
• Employee Assistance Program – offers benefits to help you manage daily responsibilities
• Access to on-demand training courses to advance further in your career

Pay

Expected compensation range: $120,000 – $140,000, depending on depth of commercialization, startup, or national lab experience.

Schedule

This is a remote position and can be located anywhere in the US.