Senior Engineer, ATS Grid Technology Engineering & Evaluation

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Applied Technology Services (ATS) Engineering staff provides engineering, testing and analysis services, and expertise across multiple subject areas to various company organizations to identify, diagnose, and address technical problems. The team provides consultation and advice to clients to proactively avoid future problems by specifying equipment, materials, and methods that are standard processes in the industry. Services include technology demonstrations, inspections, failure analysis, performance assessments, and laboratory and field evaluations on a wide variety of systems and components ranging from utility scale transmission and distribution products to grid edge distributed generation and power system devices such as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), battery energy storage, and electric vehicles (EVs). The incumbents maintain knowledge of and implement to all Company and regulatory safety and quality processes and procedures. This is an on-site position, based in our San Ramon Technology Center office. The Senior Engineer, Grid Technology will be at the groundbreaking edge of this through performing sophisticated energy modeling and analysis, equipment prototyping, and laboratory and potentially field testing across a broad spectrum of behind and front of the meter energy solutions. The position will involve partnership with a broader team of engineers and technicians with experience working with a variety of utility SCADA, ADMS, and GIS solutions as well as common industry software such as CYME, PSCAD, RSCAD, and LabVIEW. The successful candidate will support both field and laboratory projects and use ATS facilities to host a range of technology demonstrations including electric vehicle chargers, distributed generation, smart home and business loads, grid health monitoring, and AMI along with engineering studies and analysis in support of our T&D Engineering partners. Work may range from general technical consultation or comprehensive support from planning through production implementation. The ATS Grid Technology Engineering & Evaluation staff provides: Electric T&D new product evaluation Engineering studies and analysis Hardware in loop (PHIL) testing Advanced metering infrastructure Customer Electrification & Decarbonization through DER and EV Integration Data fusion and waveform analytics Travel required; frequency depends on the assignment and is typically less than 5%. The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with emphasis in a discipline related to assignments. (i.e., mechanical, civil or electrical engineering, etc.)
5 years of related experience

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Power system emphasis desired)
Ability to work safely around high voltage test equipment, in substation and power plant environments.
Strong investigative and analytical problem-solving skills
Professional Engineer’s License
Broad understanding of engineering research and testing concepts, theories, practices, methods, techniques in the area of specialization, as well as a general knowledge of other engineering specialties
Understanding of quality assurance and quality control concepts and practices
Excellent interpersonal and project management skills
Leadership skills
Communication, presentation, and teamwork skills
Project management skills
Good customer service orientation
Experience with utility SCADA, ADMS, and EMS platforms
Experience with utility modeling software such as CYME, PSCAD, RSCAD, PSS/E, PSLF
Programming experience including National Instruments LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB

Responsibilities

Supports project team’s performing tests to identify, define, solve problems, and prepare technical reports and specifications.
Completes assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards requiring integration of information from a variety of sources
May partner with stakeholder organization to develop grid advancement and electrification strategies.
Develop existing and new relationships with other PG&E functional areas to understand expectations, concerns and ensure strong customer satisfaction.
Develops test protocols, models, technologies and analyzes data
Evaluates the performance of parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results
Compiles project test results and preparation of reports and recommendations for client and Leadership
Performs engineering studies and prepares system models and analysis tools
Expands knowledge in other areas of specialty or field, developing breadth or further develops expertise and specialization in one area
Identifies innovations and the cost-reduction potential of new and existing technologies
May assist higher-level peers on the most sophisticated and innovative tests
Continually identifies testing or process improvements
Provides some mentor and guidance to junior level peers