Energy Storage Engineer/Staff Level II
About The Position
EPRI’s Energy Storage and Distributed Generation team conducts research on energy storage technology, economics, safety, and operation to support utilities and the energy industry. The team collaborates with utilities, project developers, technology manufacturers, safety personnel, industry organizations, and other stakeholders to advance the safe, effective, and practical deployment of energy storage technologies. The role regularly demonstrates creativity and ingenuity in developing technical solutions. The engineer works directly with EPRI staff and independently engages with members and industry. The position performs advanced technical analysis with minimal direction, conducts independent research, and begins managing small, less-complex projects. It has considerable latitude in determining technical objectives and approaches for assigned work, and provides technical advice to EPRI professionals and guidance to junior staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
- Ability to perform advanced technical analysis with minimal direction and supervision.
- Ability to conduct independent research and manage small, less-complex projects.
- Considerable latitude in determining technical objectives and approaches for assigned work.
Responsibilities
- Perform advanced technical analysis with minimal direction and supervision.
- Conduct independent research and begin managing small, less-complex projects.
- Conduct technical searches and literature reviews; analyze, synthesize, and document information for project activities and research needs.
- Support energy storage demonstration projects, including test-plan development, commissioning support, field testing, data analysis, and evaluation of results.
- Support energy storage safety research concerning safe system design, operation, emergency response, and decommissioning.
- Evaluate established and emerging energy storage technologies, including readiness, deployment experience, technical characteristics, performance, and potential applications.
- Provide technical advice and counsel to other EPRI professionals.
- Review project progress and evaluate technical results.
- Develop relationships with program advisors and other industry stakeholders.
- Assist technical leads and managers with assessing customer needs, developing technical approaches, and preparing proposals, technical publications or papers, and presentations.
- Present technical work at external conferences, meetings, workshops, and other industry forums.
- Communicate research findings and project results to program members, potential members, and external stakeholders through reports, guidelines, meetings, webcasts, workshops, and conferences.
- Work across EPRI programs and develop relationships with other program technical teams.
- Provide guidance to junior staff.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Paid family leave
- Life and accident insurance
- Paid time off, including flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay
- Eligibility to participate in EPRI’s annual incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
