Project Engineer

📍 Location: Kingston, NY (Hybrid)

👥 Team: Engineering

🧭 Reports to: Sr. Geothermal Engineer

💼 Type: Full-time (exempt)

📌 Job details

We are seeking a talented Project Engineer to join our engineering team and play a key role in designing high-performance geothermal systems for residential projects. In this hands-on role, you will focus on the detailed engineering of ground loop heat exchangers and related components, ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and reliable installations. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented engineer with strong technical skills in HVAC and CAD drafting. Reporting to Sr. Geothermal Engineer, you'll help us bring clean, efficient geothermal energy to more homes nationwide.

🛠️ Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed construction shop drawings for geothermal system installations, including piping layouts, borehole configurations, and equipment placement.

• Develop and maintain accurate bills of materials (BOMs) for each project, optimizing for cost, availability, and performance.

• Perform AutoCAD drafting and modeling to create precise 2D/3D designs of ground loops, manifolds, and system integrations, and manage CAD file template structure.

• Complete head loss calculations for ground loop circuits to ensure proper flow rates, pump sizing, and overall system efficiency.

• Design ground loop heat exchangers, including sizing boreholes, determining loop lengths, selecting pipe materials, and incorporating site-specific soil and thermal data.

• Collaborate with sales, project management, and installation teams to refine designs based on site surveys, customer needs, and regulatory requirements.

• Complete site visits for quality checks at various stages of installation with internal crews and external partners.

• Review and iterate designs to minimize installation challenges and maximize system longevity and performance.

• Stay current with industry standards (e.g., IGSHPA, ASHRAE) and contribute to internal tools and process improvements.

🎯 We’re looking for:

• A collaborative teammate who takes pride in creating beautiful, precise work.

• Strong understanding of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and head loss calculations.

• Familiarity with ground loop heat exchanger design principles, including vertical, horizontal, and pond/lake loops.

• Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, with exceptional attention to detail.

• Proactive communicator who works effectively across sales, project management, and installation teams.

• Genuine passion for renewable energy and sustainable home heating and cooling solutions.

✅ Must-haves

• 3+ years of work experience with an emphasis on CAD drafting and quality control.

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and spreadsheets.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.

• Ability and willingness to commute to Kingston, NY weekly for team working sessions.

🌟 Bonus points for:

• Experience with Revit, LoopLink, GLHEPro, or similar geothermal design software.

• Experience in the geothermal, HVAC, or clean tech space.

• PE license or active interest in obtaining PE licensure.

• Prior experience at a startup or company with fewer than 1,000 employees.

🌼 About Dandelion

Dandelion Energy is transforming how homes are heated and cooled—starting from (below) the ground up. As the nation’s leading residential geothermal company, we design, install, and maintain all-in-one heating and cooling systems that are cleaner, quieter, more affordable, and up to 4× more efficient than traditional HVAC. Our focus is on large, enterprise deployments with major homebuilders, helping bring geothermal to more homes, faster.

Backed by Google Ventures (GV) and other top tech investors, our end-to-end geothermal solution is challenging the status quo in residential heating and cooling. We’re scaling strategically and intentionally to meet growing demand. Our mission is simple and bold: to make geothermal the default choice for heating and cooling in the U.S.

🌳 Why Dandelion

Dandelion Energy is at the forefront of the transition to clean, efficient home energy. Our team has delivered thousands of high-quality geothermal installations across the country, helped elevate geothermal heat pumps nationally, and played a meaningful role in advancing electrification-friendly policy at both the local and federal levels.

We’re a multidisciplinary, mission-driven team spanning hardware engineering, HVAC, drilling, solar finance, behavioral economics, and startup operations. Together, we’re building something complex, impactful, and designed to scale … work that directly shapes how homes are powered for decades to come.

At Dandelion, you’ll find a collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive culture where curiosity, ownership, and cross-functional teamwork are core to how we operate. Our nationwide team is united by a shared commitment to sustainability and a belief that clean, affordable heating and cooling should be the standard.

We’re driving a wholesale shift in how homes are heated and cooled. Join us.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• Medical (including mental health), dental, vision, and pet insurance

• 401(k) plan

• Commuter benefits

• Generous paid sick leave, vacation, and parental leave

• Learning & development support, including on-the-job training and virtual courses

• Pet insurance