Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Field Service Technician - Power Generation
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Working location: Working from Home, US
Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.
Position Summary
As the Sr. Field Service Technician - Power Generation, you will perform advanced troubleshooting, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of diesel and gaseous power generation systems. You will lead complex field service activities, resolve escalated technical issues, and support critical power applications at customer sites. This role requires frequent travel to customer sites to lead commissioning, maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting activities while providing advanced technical support.
What you will be doing
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain diesel and natural gas power generation equipment, including engines, generator sets, controls, and related electrical and mechanical systems.
• Commission, start up, and test generator systems while identifying and resolving technical issues to ensure reliable operation.
• Take the lead on complex service calls, equipment failures, and field projects, serving as a resource for customers and fellow technicians.
• Evaluate equipment condition, document findings, and recommend solutions that improve performance, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
• Travel up to 60-80% to customer sites including industrial facilities, utilities, data centers, and critical power sites, with occasional international travel and short-notice assignments as business needs require.
Basic Requirements:
• 2 years of mechanical or technical trade school + 5 years of experience in field service with mechanical or electrical troubleshooting experience within the power generation industry, OR
• 7+ years of experience in field service with mechanical or electrical troubleshooting experience within the power generation industry.
Preferred Requirements:
• Extensive experience servicing, troubleshooting, and repairing diesel and/or gaseous power generation equipment, including generator sets, engines, controls, and associated power systems.
• Advanced knowledge of MTU engines, electronic engine management systems, diagnostic software, and power generation control platforms.
• Strong understanding of internal combustion engine systems and advanced diagnostic techniques.
• Experience leading generator commissioning, load bank testing, and performance verification activities.
• Strong ability to prepare service reports, document technical findings, and communicate repair recommendations to customers and internal stakeholders.
Mental & Physical Requirements:
• Ability to lift, push, pull weights in the 20-60 lb. range
• Ability to bend down, stand over, lay down and complete work tasks within the tight confines typical of genset enclosures and compartments and/or engine rooms for long periods of time
Power Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalisation and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.
We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.
Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It's a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you're driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.
Infinite Potential
Closing date: November 30, 2026
Job Posting Date
12 Nov 2026; 00:11
Pay Range
Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.
$33.84 - $50.76-Hourly
Location:
Working from Home US
Benefits
Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, and employment type.
The Business Unit Power Systems of Rolls-Royce provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalization and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that are even cleaner and smarter and thus provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.
We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These clean and technologically-advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.
