Software Deployment Operations Manager

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

• Pragmatic Optimism
• Excellence without Ego
• Proactive Collaboration

Job Overview

Mainspring Energy is growing rapidly and has begun to deploy its Linear Generators in volume. Deploying and tracking software updates across our fleet will play a crucial role in the reliability of our product and the success of our customers.

The Software Deployment Operations Manager will work closely with cross-functional teams to plan, coordinate, and execute software deployments, while also helping to define how we continue to scale the software deployment process to meet the growing needs of the business.

This position is ideal for a detail-oriented and well organized operations manager who enjoys supporting complex systems in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

As a leader of the deployment team, you will:

• Oversee and manage software deployment requests to support ongoing operations as well as the commissioning of new power generators
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate software release roadmaps and business objectives into long-range and capacity planning for software deployment technicians
• Understand upcoming software changes and translate those into updated software deployment procedures
• Track and report software deployment progress and outcomes, including making periodic reports to leadership on key operating success metrics
• Refine deployment procedures and make recommendations on how to continuously improve the software deployment process
• Ensure that new software innovations and improvements are delivered to customers

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience and with 3+ years of management experience, including of remote employees and contractors
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Driven and self-directed systems-thinker responsible for creating or improving effective engineering processes
• Excellent communicator with demonstrated collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working with embedded linux systems and distributed systems
• Knowledge of software development and deployment principles
• Ability to translate complexity into structured procedures for repeated execution
• Ability to coordinate across teams
• Experience working in a dynamic engineering environment, where systems and processes are evolving rapidly
• Strong understanding of electrical system concepts and components, a plus
• Experience working with Gitlab a plus