Project Systems Engineer

Eos Energy Storage•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. is accelerating the shift to American energy independence with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Our breakthrough Znyth™ aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. It is safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable, manufactured in the U.S., and the core of our innovative systems that today provides utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative for 3 to 12-hour applications. Eos was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Eos (NASDAQ: EOSE), visit eose.com . About the Role: The Project Systems Engineer will contribute to the project engineering activities in support of site-level controls and monitoring of our Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), and automation support for site-level energy storage system processes and operations. Accountable For: Designing and developing advanced monitoring and controls techniques and devices for site-level command and control applications integrating site power conversion devices, meters, ground fault detection, and other site equipment to provide robust energy storage and delivery for various customer use cases using our Z3 In-Line product.

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 5+ years of experience in all aspects of engineering development and product delivery.
Hardware and system design and troubleshooting.
Minimum five years’ experience designed electronics and developing automated controls
Engineering Design Software experience
Embedded programming, communication interfaces; I²C, RS-485, CAN bus communication, Modbus TCP, remote IO, or flex IO systems other debugging tools.
Linux, embedded systems
High voltage electrical systems

Responsibilities

Support related project engineering activities during the engineering design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases for a range of Battery Energy Storage projects, from; DC only BESS to full turnkey installations (Networking and Controls). This includes visiting project sites on from time to time, as needed.
Experience in validating and troubleshooting various communications and control hardware and software such as, routers, switches, LAN and other auxiliary data monitoring and distribution systems.
Support, define and manage project’s big data management including, data harvest, transfer, processing and archiving during project development, commissioning and operation (if needed). This task requires the engineer to interface with the customer on data management agreement.
Lead development of 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 that all project engineering deliverables are on schedule / on budget and communicate project status to internal and external audiences via standardized project controls systems.
Become the Project Engineering BESS SME and internal engineering interface.
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.
Understands and utilizes technical standards for reviews, documentation, and designs such as UL, UN, IEC, ISO, ECE and other engineering standards.
Collaborates 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.