Microgrid & Energy Systems Engineer

Veolia • Upper Chicester, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America. Position Purpose: Icetec Energy Services, a Veolia Company, empowers commercial and industrial customers to optimize distributed energy resources—including battery energy storage, microgrids, and advanced load controls—using a proprietary technology platform. Our team works at the intersection of energy markets, engineering, and software to deliver high-performance, real-world outcomes. We are seeking a skilled and motivated Microgrid & Energy Systems Engineer to join our growing team in Boothwyn, PA. This role is ideal for candidates who thrive in a multidisciplinary environment and enjoy solving complex technical and market-driven challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 7–10 years of professional experience in energy systems, controls engineering, software development, or grid operations.
• Strong understanding of distributed energy resources (DERs), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and microgrid controls.
• Understanding of Microgrid Thermal Energy Systems, including thermal load management, thermal storage, and integrated controls.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly with customers, manage relationships, and translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work onsite in a collaborative, hands-on environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with energy market participation, regulatory modeling, or utility billing systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop microgrid control engines optimized for behind-the-meter participation in real-time energy markets, integrating hardware and software components into a cohesive system.
• Model revenue projections for battery energy storage systems under varying marketplace conditions, regulatory frameworks, and grid environments.
• Serve as a customer-facing engineering lead, supporting account management activities, understanding customer needs, and building long-term relationships.
• Lead onboarding of new customers, ensuring smooth deployment, configuration, and alignment of expectations as systems transition into operation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, data, and operations teams to improve system interoperability, data analytics pipelines, and automation workflows.
• Analyze market requirements and customer feedback to drive scalable, reliable, and maintainable engineering solutions.
• Support project deployment, testing, and commissioning across diverse customer sites and product lines, ensuring high-quality performance and reliability.

Benefits

• Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more.
• In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
• Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees