P6P6 — Principal Professional
Principal Engineer/Advisor
Acts as a principal authority in wind engineering, generating and promoting new concepts and methods.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Spearheads R&D for next-generation wind turbines
- Advises on strategic project selection
- Lead R&D for wind turbine advancements
- Advise on strategic engineering projects
- Promote new engineering methods
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Expert communication
- Decision making
- Ethical leadership
- Next-generation turbine R&D
- Strategic project selection
- Ethical decision-making
- Leadership in engineering
- Visionary leadership
- Expert Communication
- Decision Making under Uncertainty
- Ethical Leadership
What good looks like
- 15+ years of experience
- Experience across different companies or sectors
Common titles
Engineering (Energy Systems) VIEngineering (Energy Systems) 6Principal Engineering (Energy Systems)Principal Engineer/Advisor
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-2199.11 — Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.