American Terawatt is building a new industrial electric grid for the United States. We need to metabolize an enormous amount of complexity at every level.

We design and deploy advanced power transmission systems, serving large industrial loads, hundreds of megawatts at a time. Our systems deliver electric power to everything from frontier AI datacenters to highly automated manufacturing, refineries, mines, and more.

We make interconnection fast, simple, and cheap. On our network, generation owners get their projects online faster, delivering abundant power at competitive prices.

The backbone of American Terawatt’s network is based on long-distance HVDC transmission, anchored by software-defined ‘Macrogrids’ which actively manage local transmission between generation, storage, and loads.

The Role

This is not an administrative or assistant role.

As the chief of staff at the office of the CEO, you will:

• Stand up new functions from zero to one, owning them until they're ready to hand off.

• Assess feasibility of new and special projects, distinguishing between difficult, impossible, and necessary.

• Act as a strategic sounding board and proxy for the CEO across the organization, with delegated decision making authority.

• Identify and clear organizational frictions, gaps, and information breakdowns before they become problems.

• Track and drive the company's most important strategic priorities, ensuring nothing critical loses momentum.

• Build trust with teams across the organization, understand and anticipate their needs, and support the CEO in keeping them unblocked.

Experience

This is a mid-career to senior role.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in high-performance environments in startups, consulting, finance, engineering, military, or similar.

• Demonstrated execution ability across a variety of complex projects.

• Background in a technical discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or other engineering discipline. You need to know what successful engineering organizations look like.

• Strong written and verbal communication. You can communicate complex ideas to a wide variety of audiences and at various levels of sophistication.

Desired Experience

• Experience in energy, infrastructure, or other hardware-intensive industries.

• Prior experience in a chief of staff, strategy, or operations role.

• Previous experience as a startup founder.

Position Details

This role reports directly to and works alongside the CEO.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation: Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, including salary and equity participation.

Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 75% coverage for dependents and spouses.

Wellness: Up to $300/month reimbursement for gym and wellness expenses, or Bay Club membership for SF-based employees.

Meals: Lunch provided daily when working from the office.

Time off: Unlimited PTO with manager approval, plus company-wide office closures for one week in June and one week in December.

Additional perks: Apple laptop provided, convenient SF office near the Embarcadero and public transit, and employee contribution 401(k) program.