--- title: 'Engineering / Manufacturing Finance and Business Operations at Base Power Company' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manufacturing-finance-and-business-operations-base-power-company-981xg2b0czkk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-10' --- # Engineering / Manufacturing Finance and Business Operations at Base Power Company - **Company:** [Base Power Company](https://feeny.ai/companies/base-power-company) - **Location:** Austin, TX - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-05-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/base-power/dd564fc5-e380-49d2-a0b4-8fce4f59c6a4/application **Skills:** Manufacturing Finance, Operations Finance, Plant FP&A, Unit-Economic Modeling, BOM Cost Analysis, Standard Costing, Variance Analysis, Excel, Financial Modeling, NetSuite, BigQuery, SQL, ERP Systems > Partner with manufacturing and supply chain leadership to scale operations by owning the production operating budget, building unit-economic models, and driving capital deployment decisions. The role involves managing capex, analyzing variances, and translating operational data into financial insights using advanced... ## Job description ## About Base Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time. ## About the Role This is the single finance partner for the people who design and build the Base battery. You own the economics of the hardware end-to-end — BOM trajectories, production cost per unit as the line scales from hundreds to thousands of batteries a month, the capex program standing up the factories behind that ramp, and the cost-readiness of every NPI program from first prototype through volume. Forecast accuracy on this surface is one of the most consequential numbers in Base's plan. ## What You’ll Do - Own the forecast and BvA for engineering R&D, manufacturing capex, production cost, and BOM — at a level of accuracy that survives the scrutiny of the operators and the corporate model. - Build the unit-cost model for each generation of hardware — learning-curve assumptions, scale effects, supplier cost trajectories, geography and variant flex — and pressure-test it against what the line is actually producing. - Partner with engineering and manufacturing leadership on the cost-down roadmap — translate early concepts and NPI programs into defensible financial cases, then hold the program to them. - Own the capex pipeline and ROI framework for production capacity — sequencing line investments against the volume ramp, with a clear payback story for each dollar. - Sit at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, ops, and accounting — feed clean, defensible inputs into the consolidated corporate model and translate the model back into language the operators can act on. - Use AI tooling aggressively to compress forecasting and analysis cycle time — automate the rebuild of cost models from ERP and BOM data, so your time goes to judgment and partnership, not stitching spreadsheets. ## What You’ll Bring - 3-7 years in finance or operations at a hardware, manufacturing, or industrial business at meaningful scale — Tesla, SpaceX, Anduril, Rivian, Lucid, Joby, or comparable. - Track record of building production cost and BOM models that drove real cost-down programs — not just maintaining a model someone else built. - Strong cost-accounting and BOM fluency — can read a bill of materials and spot what's wrong with a unit-cost number before the engineer does. - Comfortable on the factory floor and at the whiteboard — holds technical conversations with engineers and ops leaders, and translates them into financial outcomes without losing either audience. - First-principles instincts on hardware economics — learning curves, capex utilization, NRE vs. recurring, make-vs-buy — and strong opinions about which levers actually move unit cost as a program scales. - Excel and SQL as native tools; comfort getting into ERP (NetSuite) and BI directly rather than waiting on a request queue. - Thrives in ambiguity — structures the work, reaches defensible conclusions, documents clearly, and moves at Base Pace. ## About the Team The Base Finance & Business Operations team is responsible for providing clear visibility on past and future performance across the business, financing our growth, capital allocation decisions, and supporting the broader Base team on key performance drivers. To succeed, Base must raise and deploy tens of billions of dollars, maintain sustainable unit economics, exercise extreme operating leverage, and balance supply/demand and growth/profitability in a complex and high-pace environment. The Finance team enables these by (i) building toward omniscience with sharp analytics and tools for observability, (ii) integrating with the business to support operational decisions, (iii) establishing tight controls and processes to cull complexity, and (iv) presenting Base to investors effectively. Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive. ## Our Values - First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules. - Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing. - Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset. - Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results. - Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information. - Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in. - Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things. Do the best work of your life at Base. ## About Base Power Company ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Base Power is a technology-driven energy provider deploying a network of distributed home batteries in Texas to provide reliable, affordable backup power and grid-balancing services. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $1.3B+ raised to date) - **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Zach Dell (CEO & Co-Founder), Justin Lopas (COO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Energy Technology (Energy-as-a-Service, Grid Storage, Distributed Energy) - **Target customers**: B2C (Texas homeowners), B2G (grid operators / ERCOT) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Build the future of American power." — The company aims to protect American families from outages, strengthen the aging U.S. grid, and move toward energy abundance by deploying a large-scale network of home batteries. ## Products & Services - **Home Battery + Energy Membership**: A vertically integrated service where Base installs a large battery (25–50 kWh) at a customer's home for a low one-time fee ($695–$995). Customers pay a fixed energy rate (8–4¢/kWh) and a small monthly membership ($19–$29/mo). Base earns revenue from the grid (grid-balancing services), not from customer bills, enabling rates legally guaranteed to stay below market average. The system provides whole-home backup, protecting against 97% of outages. - **Grid Services Platform**: Proprietary software that orchestrates the distributed battery network — charging when demand is low and discharging when the grid needs support — generating revenue and grid resilience. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Private company with $1.3B+ total funding) - **Key Metric (Funding)**: - **Series A** (May 2024): $68M led by Thrive Capital - **Series B** (April 2025): $200M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and others - **Series C** (November 2025): $1.0B from 26 investors - **Total raised**: ~$1.27B (converted from 1,268,000,000) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Thrive Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz (also key talent source: 42 former Tesla employees, 6 from SpaceX, 4 from Anduril Industries) - **Growth Signals**: - **Headcount**: 266 (as of mid-2026), with **+186.4% YoY growth** and a rapid monthly growth rate of +12.6% - Named one of **TIME's 10 most influential energy companies of 2026** - Operating in 5 countries (primarily US, with presence in Canada, Philippines, France, India) - 100+ active job postings with +104% increase YoY - 12,500+ batteries installed; serving thousands of monthly customers - CEO cited in the careers page as saying the company has 400+ team members ("400+" likely includes contractors and field installation/service workforce) ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertically Integrated Model**: Base designs, manufactures, and installs every battery system itself, controlling the full stack from hardware through software to field operations. - **Unique Business Model / No-Customer-Profit**: Base earns revenue from grid balancing, not from customer energy bills. This allows guaranteed-below-market rates and a low-cost battery membership, making it dramatically cheaper than competitors (e.g., Tesla Powerwall equivalents). - **Strong Investor and Talent Backing**: World-class VC backing combined with a heavy talent influx from Tesla, SpaceX, and Anduril (companies known for high-velocity hardware/software execution). - **Massive Capital Advantage**: $1B+ Series C provides a significant moat for scaling hardware production, dealer network, and software. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale distribution in Texas**: Continue deploying home batteries at a rapid pace across Texas, entering new zip codes and neighborhoods. - **Grid partnership expansion**: Deepen relationships with ERCOT to expand the value of grid-balancing services. - **Product development**: Improve battery technology (safety, capacity, cost), increase whole-home backup coverage (currently 97%), and develop new hardware/firmware generations. - **Geographic expansion**: potential to move beyond Texas into other states (currently operating in 5 countries for support functions, but service is Texas-focused). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as "intense, fast-paced, and deeply mission-driven." The company demands high output, ownership, and a bias toward action. It's explicitly stated as "not for everyone, and that's by design." This is a high-ownership, low-ambiguity environment. - **Work Model**: **On-site at Base HQ in Austin, Texas.** Proximity to the product and team is central to how they move fast. "Do I need to be based in Texas? Yes." - **Hiring Speed**: Fast process — aim for 1st conversation to offer in ~2 weeks. - **Interview Process**: 3-4 hour on-site including technical assessments and behavioral/team conversations. Focus on "how [you] approach problems, communicate tradeoffs, and collaborate." - **Non-traditional backgrounds**: Explicitly welcome: "We care about what you've built and how you think, not the logos on your resume. Some of our best people came from non-traditional paths." - **Engineering Culture**: Heavy focus on hardware + software + field operations. Talent sources heavily from Tesla, Anduril, SpaceX — firms known for hardcore engineering and manufacturing excellence. Roles span hardware engineering, firmware, software, manufacturing, field installation/service, operations, growth, and design. - **Team Composition**: ~29% of employees are in technical roles; ~15% in operations; significant representation of trades workers (11). - **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on physical infrastructure deployed at scale; chance to contribute meaningfully to grid modernization and American energy resilience. ## Sources 1. [Base Power Careers Page](https://www.basepowercompany.com/careers) 2. [Base Power About Page](https://www.basepowercompany.com/about) 3. [Base Power Home Page (Product & Pricing)](https://www.basepowercompany.com/) 4. [Base Power LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/basepowercompany) 5. 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