Where the EV charging engineering jobs are moving right now

If you are a charging engineer weighing your next move, the sector activity in the last few weeks points toward infrastructure build-out and domestic manufacturing, not consolidation. That matters because it tells you where the hiring budgets sit and which skills employers are competing for.

The clearest signal came on August 4, when Tellus Power announced a 30,000-square-foot facility in Irvine, California, built to centralise its engineering, manufacturing and commercial functions around bidirectional energy systems for EVs, battery storage, microgrids and vehicle-to-grid applications New 30,000 sq ft. US plant to support EVs, batteries, and microgrids. A new hub that consolidates engineering under one roof is a hiring hub. If your background touches bidirectional power or V2G, that is a profile the market is actively building teams around.

Public funding is still writing the paychecks

Federal and state money continues to underwrite demand, and that money flows straight into engineering headcount. Two days before this report, PennDOT's EV team won the Governor's Award for Excellence, with Pennsylvania having committed nearly $62 million to public EV charging stations under NEVI and more NEVI-funded stations in operation than any other state PennDOT EV Team Wins Governor's Award for Excellence. Federal contracts keep landing too: PowerBank was awarded a $2,950,000 contract with the Department of Defense and the Department of the Army for a solar canopy project PowerBank Awarded $2,950,000 USD Federal Contract.

For your career, publicly funded projects have a specific advantage. They come with committed budgets and defined timelines, which means the employer needs bodies before mobilisation, not after a funding round closes. Companies that win these contracts often need a specialist team fast. That urgency is leverage for the candidate who already holds the right technical brief.

The skills the market is short on

Demand is concentrating around candidates who combine disciplines rather than sit in one lane. The grid-stress problem is now attracting its own capital: grid software startup Texture raised a $12.5 million Series A as utilities scramble to keep pace with rising demand from EV charging EV charging demand is stressing local grids, and Texture just raised $12.5M. That funding sits at the seam of hardware and software, which is exactly where the hardest briefs stall. Engineers who hold both DC fast-charging knowledge and software skills are the profiles employers struggle most to source.

The physical infrastructure side is expanding in parallel. Mack Trucks added ABM and Lane Valente Industries to its full-service EV infrastructure program in May, widening the network of firms delivering turnkey charging build-outs Mack Trucks Adds ABM and Lane Valente Industries. More full-service providers means more field-side and design-side roles across estimation, tendering and deployment.

What your salary is actually worth

Here the honest answer is that this report cannot give you a benchmark figure. The brief carries no salary sample for EV charging engineering roles this period, so any median or average would be guesswork, and guesswork is worse than useless when you are deciding a move. The wider market points to upward pressure: one adjacent guide notes that battery and grid engineers are among the most sought-after professionals in US energy, with demand surging, salaries climbing and a shrinking pool of qualified candidates Battery & Grid Engineer Salaries 2026 | Hiring Guide. Treat that as directional context, not a number to quote in your negotiation. When you are ready to move, get a live benchmark for your specific stack before you name a figure.

How to position yourself this quarter

If you want to be at the front of the queue, aim at the employers with committed money and a mobilisation deadline. Charge point operators scaling field teams need certified electrical technicians quickly. EVSE manufacturers want engineers who span hardware and software. Contractors winning federal work need to staff up before the clock starts. Those are the situations where a specialist candidate gets a fast decision.

Aym Recruitment works this desk directly. We map the live EV charging candidate landscape across operators, OEMs and installers, and we go direct to passive engineers with the DC fast-charging and combined hardware/software profiles the job boards never surface. Across our placements we drive interview rates to 66% and hold offer acceptance at 89%, which means when we put you forward, the process moves and the offer holds. If your skills sit where the funding is landing, this is a good quarter to talk.