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Peak Energy
Job Title: Techno-Economic Product Manager
Location: Burlingame, CA
Group: Product Team
Reports to: Head of Product
Position Type: Full-time
About the Company
Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid.
Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market.
Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, Apple, Powin, Enovix, Zipline, Solid Power, and Fluence. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners such as TDK Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.
We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the new performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.
About the Job - Techno-Economic Product Manager
We are seeking an analytically driven and technically grounded Techno-Economic Product Manager to support the development and commercialization of our utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). In this role, you will evaluate product costs, performance trade-offs, and market dynamics to guide product strategy and competitive positioning. Your insights will help shape the roadmap, feature set, and go-to-market plans for our grid-scale energy storage solutions.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities)
• Own, build and maintain detailed cost and application-level performance models for utility-scale BESS from inputs to results and conclusions.
• Act as a key customer for Peak's cell and system level performance models, collaborating with team members to guide Peak's modeling efforts.
• Analyze product competitiveness by benchmarking Peak's products against incumbent competitor offerings and emerging technologies
• Support product roadmap decisions by identifying market-driven design trade-offs (e.g., lifetime vs. capex, efficiency vs. size).
• Translate evolving energy storage market needs into technical product requirements.
• Conduct techno-economic assessments (e.g., TCO, LCOS, energy asset revenue generation, payback period) across various grid services and business models.
• Inform the definitions of Peak's performance guarantees and product warranties.
• Monitor key energy markets (e.g., CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, Australia, EU) to identify product-market fit opportunities and revenue potential.
• Provide technical insights to inform go-to-market strategies, RFP responses, and sales enablement materials.
• Track and synthesize relevant high-level updates to standards, regulations, and interconnection requirements that may impact product design or market access.
• Collaborate with finance, regulatory, and commercial teams to align technical product capabilities with broader business strategy.
What You'll Bring (Qualifications)
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Applied Physics, Energy Systems, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in energy storage, power systems, renewables, or grid-connected products.
• Experience as a Battery Storage Product Manager, Energy Storage Product Manager, BESS Market Analyst, Grid Storage Modeling Manager, or Energy Modeling Analyst is helpful
• Proficiency in technical analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB) and Excel-based modeling.
• Strong grasp of BESS architecture, component functions, and system integration considerations.
• Experience translating energy market needs into actionable product architecture and design decisions.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical and economic concepts and learnings to executives and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with wholesale electricity markets and grid service use cases (e.g., frequency regulation, energy shifting, capacity).
Preferred Qualifications
• Energy management system development experience.
• Familiarity with US diurnal energy markets and policies.
• Exposure to product management, product marketing, or technical sales support.
Peak Energy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage women, people of color, and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. We value skills, potential, and perspective over specific credentials. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't look perfect on paper, we still want to hear from you.
Our Core Values

• Speed Through Focus - Move fast but understand why. Focus on the goal, don't sacrifice quality.

• Mission Over Self - It's about the greater good; confident humility. Take ownership and accountability.

• Face the Brutal Truth - Transparency, honesty, big picture curiosity. Fearless decision making.

• Be a Good Person - Kindness, collaboration and teamwork.

Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for this role is $170,000 - $210,000, with actual pay varying based on work location, experience, and skills. Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Flexible time off

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Strong 401(k) plan

• Equity opportunities

• Many great work perks

Join us to thrive in a supportive environment while making a meaningful impact in the energy sector!
At Peak Energy Technologies Inc., we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace makes us a more capable, innovative, and competitive company. We welcome people who represent diversity in their backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Peak Energy Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, aiming to reach our company's full potential by cultivating an inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.