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Gridware

Real-time grid monitoring and predictive maintenance

Customer Success Manager

Full-Time
$135k - $160k/yr+ Commuter allowance
Senior
Remote in USA
RemoteMust work from the Central or Eastern time zone.

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 7 years of experience in customer success, program management, technical account management, or operations within the electric utility or grid technology sector.
  • Deep understanding of electric grid operations and utility crew dispatch processes.
  • Strong customer relationship management skills, including experience managing complex utility accounts.
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
Responsibilities
  • Manage and grow relationships with utility customers while ensuring they receive maximum value from Gridware’s solutions.
  • Understand utility customer needs and educate stakeholders on fault detection and grid monitoring capabilities.
  • Lead use case development, pilot program design, and the creation of success metrics to validate system performance.
  • Act as the primary contact for utility customers, build trusted relationships, understand customer needs, and provide onboarding and training.
  • Help customers interpret grid events, improve response strategies, integrate solutions into workflows, and develop troubleshooting documentation.
  • Create tailored training materials, lead pilot programs with defined key performance indicators, and collaborate on new use cases aligned with industry needs.
  • Drive adoption, retention, and satisfaction through success strategies; establish key performance indicators for customer health and track performance analytics.
  • Partner with sales, product, and field teams for seamless support, relay customer insights to engineering, and troubleshoot issues effectively.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience in a customer-facing role at a grid technology or sensor-based monitoring company.
  • Familiarity with SCADA systems, AMI networks, or other utility communication platforms.
  • Experience leading customer training sessions, webinars, or technical workshops.
  • Technical proficiency in interpreting grid monitoring data, fault detection signals, and utility response workflows.
  • Strong data analysis skills to assess system performance and customer usage trends.
  • A background in engineering or technical support related to grid operations.

About the company

Gridware provides a sensor-based platform that monitors electrical grid assets in real time by placing sensors on power poles. Real-time data from pole-mounted sensors is sent to analytics that detect imminent faults and wildfire hazards, enabling preventive maintenance. It differentiates itself with pole-mounted hardware and predictive analytics aimed specifically at reducing wildfire risk in wildfire-prone regions. Its goal is to improve public safety and grid reliability while lowering outages and wildfire-related liabilities for utilities.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$97.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2020

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What believers are saying

  • Gridware raised $55 million on November 17, 2025 for global expansion.
  • Gridware now serves 18 major customers and nearly 30 utilities, according to 2026 reporting.
  • PG&E cited a July 2024 Gridscope alert that averted a possible wildfire.

What critics are saying

  • PG&E’s 2026-2028 plan prioritizes undergrounding 1,077 miles, reducing sensor dependence.
  • Utility sales cycles run through multiyear regulatory processes, slowing Gridware revenue conversion.
  • Rivals from drones, AI weather, and hardened infrastructure can displace Gridware’s wedge.

What makes Gridware unique

  • Gridware’s Gridscope detects vibration, sound, and light before ignitions start.
  • PG&E deployed over 10,000 Gridware devices across 900 circuit miles by 2025.
  • S&C bundled Gridscope with TripSaver II on March 5, 2025.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Commuter Benefits

Company-paid training

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Dec 6th, 2025
Gridware raises $55M to expand grid monitoring sensors to UK

Gridware, which makes sensors to evaluate electrical grid integrity and monitor power line hazards, has raised $55 million in a Series B round led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management. The startup, which emerged from the CITRIS Foundry in spring 2020, plans to expand into Europe, beginning with the United Kingdom. The company's technology has reduced outages by up to 70% in some cases by preventing failures in advance or accelerating restoration after storms, according to CEO Tim Barat. The expansion comes as Ofgem, Great Britain's energy regulator, pursues an £80 billion network upgrade to accommodate increasing renewable power sources and surging data centre demand. Gridware's operational efficiency improvements aim to offset rising network expenses associated with the infrastructure upgrades.

FinSMEs
Nov 17th, 2025
Gridware Raises $55M in Growth Funding

Gridware raises $55M in Growth funding. Gridware, a San Francisco, CA-based grid-technology company, raised $55M in Growth funding. The round was led by Tiger Global and Generation Investment Management with participation from Sequoia Capital, Convective Capital, Fifty Years, True Ventures, Lowercarbon, and Y Combinator. The company intends to use the funds to expand its manufacturing capacity and scale deployment operations. Led by CEO Tim Barat, Gridware is a grid-technology company dedicated to improving safety and reliability on the electrical transmission and distribution systems. Its technology monitors the physical, mechanical, and environmental conditions of utility infrastructure to identify issues early, reduce outages, and support faster restoration. Its pole-mounted Gridscope system enables Active Grid Response (AGR) by measuring mechanical, electrical, and environmental signals and enabling real-time understanding of grid conditions, identifying hazards as they emerge.

Castle Placement
Jan 22nd, 2025
Top 10 Internet Of Things Capital Raises in the U.S. - January 1st-15th, 2025

Ventiva, developer of a thermal management technology designed to bridge the gap between active and passive thermal management in a solid-state form factor, raised $24.34 million through a combination of debt, Series C1 and Series C2 venture funding in a deal led by IAG Capital Partners.

ImpactAlpha
Jan 13th, 2025
In the age of fire, tech solutions can help but not heal

Gridware last week raised $26.4 million in Series A financing, led by Seqoia Capital, with participation from existing backers Fifty Years, Lowercarbon Capital, True Ventures, and Convective Capital.

Business Wire
Jan 9th, 2025
Gridware Announces $26.4M Series A Funding Round led by Sequoia Capital

Gridware, a continuous power grid monitoring solution provider, today announced its Series A funding of $26.4 million led by Sequoia Capital.