Principal Engineer, Interconnection
About The Position
This role is the senior technical authority of Origination Engineering. You create the templates, product narrative, and technical directives the team runs every day, and you keep them optimal as utility specifications, products, and investment strategies change. You lead the technical negotiations that affect our projects. And for each new investment strategy, you derive the optimal way to interconnect. In the next 6 months, you will take ownership of the design standards behind a 100+ project ConEd portfolio, drive specification optimizations into production, and shape how we enter the next market. Reports to the Director of Origination Engineering. This role is ideal for: a senior electrical engineer with experience in the interconnection process and passion to derive critical engineering decisions against a tight budget and small footprint.
Requirements
- 8+ years in power systems, distribution planning, or DER interconnection engineering
- Demonstrated success reviewing or challenging utility interconnection studies (CESIR or equivalent)
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- A track record of creating design standards, templates, or engineering processes
- Experience negotiating technical scope with a utility
- Ability to operate as the most senior technical voice in a fast moving team
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field
Nice To Haves
- Con Edison territory experience (SIR, CESIR, distribution design standards)
- Battery storage project exposure (BESS, PCS, switchgear)
- Power systems modeling tools (ETAP, PSS/E, or similar)
- Master's degree in electrical engineering or power systems
Responsibilities
- Own the design templates, product narrative, and technical directives inside the OE process documents.
- Optimize the standard design so every project leaving origination is optimized for cost and footprint.
- Efficiently review and stamp drawing packages.
- Derive the interconnection path as applicable each new investment strategy with a validation plan, scope assessment, optimal design, and the process to run it.
- Qualify new technologies and OEMs (battery platforms, EV charging) for compatibility with our process.
- Lead escalated technical negotiations with utility engineering on substation upgrades, cost deduplication, and cost sharing.
- Mentor the Staff Electrical Engineer and Designer through structured technical review.
- Absorb breaking changes in utility specifications and ship the process update within days.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with 3% employer match
- LifeTime Fitness corporate membership
- monthly commuter stipend
- learning and education stipend
- flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
- regular company events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
