---
title: 'Field Installation Manager - Region: TOLA at SPAN'
canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/field-installation-manager-region-tola-span-san-francisco-m9ts42vgk17c'
type: 'job'
last_seen: '2026-10-16'
---

# Field Installation Manager - Region: TOLA at SPAN

- **Company:** SPAN
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/span/4522c2ec-70bb-4a99-a43c-e41293d7ff19

## Job description

## Our Mission

SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡

XFRA by SPAN is the first distributed data center using existing infrastructure and underutilized power capacity to meet expanding AI compute demand.

- Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.
- Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.

At SPAN, we believe in:

- Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy
- Making electrification upgrades possible
- Building more resilient homes with reliable backup
- Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid

The Role - The initial focus will be Austin and Dallas, TX We're hiring an XFRA Install Manager to own field installation quality, schedule, and safety across SPAN's deployment markets. You'll manage a mix of in-house electricians and licensed subcontractor crews installing SPAN Panels and XFRA outdoor compute nodes, coordinate closely with host partners and site supervisors, and be the escalation point for anything that comes up in the field — from code questions to schedule slips to safety incidents. This is a working-manager role: you'll spend real time on job sites, not just in a dashboard.

## Responsibilities

- Crew management: Manage and schedule a regional team of employed and subcontracted electricians installing SPAN Panels and XFRA nodes across job sites.
- Quality and code compliance: Own install quality across the region, ensuring every job meets NEC, local AHJ code, and SPAN's own installation standards; conduct site audits and spot-checks.
- Permitting and inspections: Coordinate permit pulls, schedule inspections with local jurisdictions, and resolve any inspection findings or code questions that come up.
- Partner relationship management: Serve as the primary field-level point of contact for partner and site superintendents, aligning install schedules with construction timelines and resolving on-site conflicts.
- Safety leadership: Own regional safety performance — lockout/tagout, arc-flash, PPE, fall protection, and general jobsite safety — including incident investigation and corrective action.
- Commissioning oversight: Ensure SPAN Panel + XFRA node pairs are properly energized, load-tested, and verified against the XFRA Secure Orchestration Layer before O&M handoff.
- Subcontractor management: Recruit, vet, and manage licensed electrical subcontractor firms, including scope negotiation, performance tracking, and onboarding to XFRA-specific procedures.
- Training: Deliver or coordinate SPAN/XFRA installation training and certification for new crews and subcontractor partners; keep training materials current as the product evolves.
- Reporting and forecasting: Track install volume, cycle time, first-pass quality, and safety metrics across the region; report up to XFRA Field Operations leadership and flag capacity or schedule risk early.
- Field escalation: Be the go-to for on-site issues — service capacity surprises, site condition problems, material shortages — and drive them to resolution.

## About You

Required Qualifications

- Preferably, you live in Texas
- 5+ years managing electrical or low-voltage field installation crews, ideally across multiple simultaneous job sites. 10+ years general installation experience
- Background in solar, battery storage, EV charging, smart-panel systems, or similar residential electrification work; experience with a scaling or newly launched hardware product is a strong plus.
- Track record of managing subcontractor relationships, including scoping, vetting, and performance management.
- Comfort reading engineering drawings, single-line diagrams, and installation manuals, and translating them into field-ready crew guidance.
- Strong safety program experience; OSHA 30 preferred.
- Clear, structured communicator who can manage up to HQ leadership and sideways with partners at the same time.

Bonus Qualifications

- Experience managing installs across multiple metros or with a multi-site production.
- Familiarity with utility interconnection and inspection processes across metro jurisdictions (varies significantly by AHJ).
- Experience with data-center and outdoor rack/enclosure installations.
- Prior experience standing up a new regional install program from the ground up.

Life at SPAN Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks: ⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company ⚡ Comprehensive benefits: 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage.  Parental leave up to twenty four (24)  weeks depending on eligibility

Interested in joining our team? Apply today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!

## About SPAN

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SPAN designs and manufactures a smart electrical panel that replaces traditional circuit breakers, providing real-time, circuit-level energy management and control to optimize home energy use.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Smart Home Energy Management, Clean Technology, Electrical Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2C (homeowners), B2B (builders, installers, and partners in the solar/battery/HVAC ecosystem)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Decarbonize our future" by designing, building, and deploying products that electrify homes and slow the effects of climate change [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about).

## Products & Services
- **SPAN Panel**: A smart electrical panel that replaces a home’s standard circuit breaker box. It provides real-time, circuit-level energy data, control, and automation via an intuitive mobile app. It manages all electricity in the home, enabling smarter energy use, cost savings, and longer backup power during outages.
- **SPAN Home App**: The software interface for the SPAN Panel. It offers an all-in-one dashboard for real-time energy monitoring, circuit-level control, and energy-saving insights.
- **SPAN PowerUp**: An integrated technology within the SPAN Panel that automatically manages appliance loads to prevent overloads, allowing homeowners to add major appliances (like EV chargers, heat pumps) without costly utility service upgrades.
- **SPAN XFRA**: A distributed data center solution announced in April 2026, designed to close the speed-to-power gap for AI compute demand [span.io](https://www.span.io/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised of **$426.72M** (Series C) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/spanio)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include Tesla, Carrier, Eaton, FranklinWH, and Mitsubishi Electric [span.io](https://www.span.io/).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Ranked **#5 out of top 500 startups** [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
  - Launched a campaign with Carrier, Tesla, and others to lower electricity costs by unlocking underused grid capacity (March 2026).
  - Announced a collaboration with Eaton (March 2026).
  - Expanding into distributed data center solutions with XFRA (April 2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in smart panels**: SPAN reinvented the 100-year-old electrical panel, creating a new category of home energy management.
- **Hardware + Software Moat**: The combination of a physical panel (UL 1741 PCS certified) with sophisticated software for circuit-level control is difficult to replicate.
- **Ecosystem Integrations**: Deep partnerships with major players like Tesla, Carrier, and Eaton create a sticky, integrated product experience.
- **Safety & Reliability**: Unrivaled leadership in electrical safety, meeting rigorous industry standards (NEMA 3R rated for indoor/outdoor placement).

## Strategic Focus
- **Electrification of homes**: Core mission is to enable all-electric homes with solar, battery storage, EV charging, and heat pumps.
- **Grid modernization**: Pushing for policy changes and technologies (like the campaign with Carrier and Tesla) to unlock underused grid capacity.
- **New market expansion**: Moving beyond residential into distributed data center infrastructure with XFRA.
- **Deepening integrations**: Continued collaboration with major OEMs to ensure seamless installation and interoperability.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Employees are united by the goal to decarbonize the world and slow climate change [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about).
- **Company values**: "Know your stuff" (curiosity, expertise), "Make it happen" (execution mindset), and "In it together" (team success) [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
- **Growth & recognition**: Ranked #5 out of top 500 startups, indicating strong momentum and market validation.
- **Culture**: "Safe, productive, and flexible work environment that enables innovation and creativity" [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
- **Compensation & benefits**: Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible paid time off, and team-building/career growth opportunities.
- **Locations**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ), South San Francisco (R&D Lab), and Bengaluru, India.
- **Employee Resource Groups**: Active ERGs for community connection.

## Sources
1. [span.io](https://www.span.io/)
2. [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about)
3. [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/spanio)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spanio)

## Other roles at SPAN

- [Manufacturing Manager, XFRA](https://feeny.ai/job/manufacturing-manager-xfra-span-south-san-francisco-cg9p4pgkmek5) — South San Francisco, CA
- [Senior Manufacturing Engineer, XFRA](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-manufacturing-engineer-xfra-span-south-san-francisco-wh3h6wspmqcj) — South San Francisco, CA
- [Strategic Account Director](https://feeny.ai/job/strategic-account-director-span-remote-xpdf3a07kyp1)
- [Staff Reliability Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-reliability-engineer-span-san-francisco-gs5n3zha2nh4) — San Francisco, CA
- [Service Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/service-engineer-span-san-francisco-y30z0qhxr7r5) — San Francisco, CA
- [Office Administrator](https://feeny.ai/job/office-administrator-span-san-francisco-btz4prrz9e0m) — San Francisco, CA
- [HR Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/hr-intern-span-bengaluru-rac0d1h83x0e) — Bengaluru, India
- [Senior Accountant](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-accountant-span-san-francisco-fb86rr0j206d) — San Francisco, CA
- [Platform Infrastructure Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/platform-infrastructure-engineer-span-bengaluru-y8hz1r55m1yj) — Bengaluru, India
- [Territory Sales Manager - Mountain](https://feeny.ai/job/territory-sales-manager-mountain-span-mountain-00j0bamazpgy) — Mountain