Energy Engineer

Go Sustainable Energy (Go) is hiring full‑time or part‑time curious engineers with experience and interest in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics. From these core engineering competencies, we develop expertise in energy management, energy using systems, renewable energy, and the electric grid. We are passionate about learning how complex technical systems work so that we can offer accurate, unbiased information to our clients.

We are seeking qualified engineers with two to four years experience to join our team in Columbus or Dayton, Ohio. Engineers looking to work out of Cleveland, Ohio will also be considered. Relevant coursework, internships, and project experience will be considered in lieu of work experience. Engineers can work a combination of in office and at home.

If you enjoy energy systems, you are curious, you thrive when working with others, and you are passionate about applying technical solutions to environmental and social challenges, we think you could be a good fit for our team! You do not need to have all the answers, but you should want to deepen your knowledge and expertise of energy systems.

Our team continuously invests in learning; growing the knowledge and skills required to achieve a practical decarbonized society, and we offer compelling career development opportunities to do it.

The goal of our work is to investigate, measure, and to support our clients’ energy and sustainability initiatives. To be successful, we must invest in our client relationships, and navigate the technical, economic, and cultural influences that create barriers and opportunities with a changing energy system.

Go serves leading businesses, cities, manufacturers, healthcare systems, and utilities. We consult on energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy storage, and energy management.

Does this sound like something you would like to be a part of? Complete an application.

• Comfort with and interest in HVAC systems, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics; these should be educational courses you’ve taken and did well in or have prior professional experience in
• Enjoyment with collaborating with others, ability to follow others, but also to offer your own ideas and suggestions
• Comfort with asking questions and receiving direct and comprehensive peer review, including critique

• Master's degree in relevant field
• Experience in the energy industry
• Enjoyment of technical research
• Technical report writing skill and confidence

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Energy, or related engineering discipline
• Two to four years experience with energy auditing, commissioning, or energy management (Relevant coursework, internships, and project experience will be considered in lieu of work experience)
• Familiarity with industrial facilities and processes
• Knowledge of HVAC systems and design

• Technical support for large organizations’ energy and sustainability initiatives
• Industrial and commercial building energy assessments
• High-performance building energy consulting, commissioning, and simulation
• Technical assistance to energy‑efficiency programs and corporations
• Technical assistance for distributed energy resource and electrification initiatives
• Energy benchmarking and baselining

At Go, we provide an environment of continuous learning and opportunities to delve into projects that will advance both your and our understanding of a particular topic. We expect our engineers to develop expertise over time and contribute meaningfully to projects with their coworkers and our clients. All our work is important and valued by our clients.

• You’ll learn – We’ll show you our methods with energy assessments, commissioning, distributed energy, regulatory and policy, etc. We want you to learn the process and demonstrate you can execute on the work.
• You’ll work together – Decisions, successes, and failures are shared by teams. We’ll ask you to be inquisitive and open minded. You’ll get a lot of peer review.
• You’ll earn trust – Over time the process will click and you’ll be able to lead project teams and teach other engineers how to…