Design Engineer - Dynamic Studies and Modeling

Ulteig•Greenwood Village, CO

13d•$93,800 - $126,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Ulteig is seeking talented and motivated Design Engineer candidates to support dynamic power system studies within the Renewables – Electrical department. This position will focus on PSSE, PSLF, and PSCAD dynamic models and studies for various applications, including supporting Interconnection Applications for renewable plants, NERC compliance studies, and supporting custom models developed in-house. The Design Engineer develops and tests renewable energy models, performs dynamic system studies, supports interconnection applications, and collaborates with clients to meet evolving grid and compliance requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required, ABET accredited program, or equivalent required.
A minimum of 2 years of working experience, with at least 1 years of experience directly related to power systems.
Experience with steady-state analysis and/or dynamic analysis utilizing PSS®E and PSCAD.
Independently completes assigned tasks required.
Actively manages individual workload, adapts to changing requirements, maintains flexibility.
Must be a self-starter and willing to identify improvements and implement them, utilizing support from others.
Must be comfortable asking questions to team when learning new skills.
Must be analytical, self-motivated, and possess the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive, enthusiastic attitude.
Excellent presentation and verbal/written communications skills.
Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, clients and external agencies.
Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with/for transmission system operators/transmission owners (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, etc.) is preferred.
Experience with PSCAD, PSLF and TSAT modeling is preferred.
Experience with programming in Python preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop PSSE, PSLF, TSAT and PSCAD models of renewable plants.
Perform model quality tests and model benchmarking for various software models.
Understand dynamic model block diagrams and tune parameters to meet regional model performance requirements.
Support interconnection applications; tasks include preliminary plant design, assemble simple preliminary drawings, and completing application forms with design information.
Conduct some preliminary system studies, like reactive power studies.
Work closely with the developer clients to understand their needs, deadlines, changes in design and address feedback from the system operator/transmission owner.
Understand and stay apprised of updates with various regional requirements for interconnection applications, processes, deadlines and queue schedules.
Respond quickly to customer design changes, questions and deadlines, and maintain a flexible attitude towards the work.
Stay current with regulatory changes, new grid codes, and evolving ISO/RTO requirements related to grid interconnections.
Conduct voltage and frequency ride through studies, and support model validation for renewable projects to support NERC compliance standards.
Stay up to date on new industry guidance and standards for modeling and NERC compliance for relevant technologies.
Help develop tools to automate and streamline model quality tests and analyses.