Project Engineer

EOS•North Versailles, PA

62d

About The Position

The Project Engineer will be responsible for performing technical work to deliver Battery Energy Storage Systems (ESS). Project Engineer will work with cross-functional teams to ensure technical requirements for clients BESS (Battery Energy Storage) projects are fulfilled to company and customer expectations. This is a customer facing position, to create utility scale battery storage systems throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and on-site and understand how components fit into a larger system
Working knowledge of embedded control systems and their applications
General knowledge of CAD and the ability to interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings.
Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosis and design improvement
Familiarity with design for ground fault and EMC and availability to trace down GFI and EMI issues
Awareness of safety certification process to standards such as UL
Competent skills with communications protocols such as TCP/IP, CAN, i²C and SPI; use of Modbus
Capability to select and integrate off-the-shelf component and equipment
Strong cross-discipline system skills
Understanding of hardware and physical system being controlled is required
Comfort and experience with the hazard and safety protocols of high voltage equipment and other aspects of working with large-scale battery systems
Ability to self-direct to a goal and achieve independent success
A team-player attitude and strong written/verbal communication skills are a must
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering (MS degree preferred) or related field, and a minimum of 2+ years of experience in all aspects of engineering development and product delivery.
Hardware and system design and troubleshooting.
Minimum 2 years’ experience designed electronics and developing automated controls
Engineering Design Software experience
Linux, embedded systems
High voltage electrical systems

Nice To Haves

MS degree preferred

Responsibilities

Executing the project engineering efforts in developing and designing battery energy storage systems (BESS) as well as their power electronics and controls. The tasks include maintaining existing projects and supporting the creation of automated test equipment for project deployments.
Develop, coordinate, review, and maintain technical oversight of engineering and design of contracted energy storage projects.
Design and review the BESS, including power conversion systems (Inverters & DC/DC Converters), isolation and power transformers, medium voltage switchgear, protection and control systems, grounding, low and medium voltage ac and dc cable systems, and plant auxiliary equipment.
Work closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Customers, AHJs, and others to meet the contractual commitments.
Act as a technical consultant for other Eos units and for more junior PEs.
Develop specifications, drawings and controls and protections strategies for contracted projects.
Participate in continuous improvement of standard processes, procedures, documentation, and tools to effectively deliver a wide range of project solutions.
Ensure all project engineering deliverables for assigned projects are on schedule / on budget and communicate project status to internal and external audiences via standardized project controls systems.
Work with other engineers pre- and post-contract award to optimize customer BESS solutions, use case reviews and commercial proposal strategies and processes.
Maintain project documentation and assist in creating vendor technical specifications and user instructions for optimal use of the designed BESS.
Provide support to Field Service Technicians when troubleshooting in field commissioning and service operations.
Understand and utilize technical standards for reviews, documentation, and designs such as UL, UN, IEC, ISO, ECE and other engineering standards.
Collaborate with Product Engineering to define, refine and improve BESS systems.
Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice, in the spirit of an agile design group within an active technology company