Senior Engineer, High Voltage Development

AES US•Arlington, VA

About The Position

The Senior Engineer, High Voltage Development will support regional renewable energy project development, focusing on grid integration and high-voltage facilities associated with solar, wind, and battery energy storage system (BESS) power plants. The role covers pre-construction development engineering and construction and commissioning execution engineering for facilities operating from 35 kV to 500 kV. Work spans early conceptual design through more refined design, across greenfield development, portfolio acquisitions, and multi-resource generation projects. The engineer will manage competing priorities, coordinate with suppliers, consultants, utilities, interconnection providers, and internal project teams, and help de-risk the project pipeline through technical reviews and due diligence. The position includes travel and field work of approximately 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a similar field, with an emphasis on power systems.
At least 7 years of high-voltage design experience.
Excellent understanding of project management standard methodologies.
Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions among high-voltage EPCs, power utilities, and internal collaborators.
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize projects and tasks.
Ability to bridge technical and non-technical topics in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
Experience with ETAP or similar electrical modeling software.
Experience with relay and SCADA controls and architecture.
Experience with PLS-CADD.
PMP certificate.
Experience training and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

Perform early-stage, conceptual pre-construction, and construction-phase design and engineering for solar, wind, and BESS collector substations and generation tie lines (35 kV to 500 kV).
Develop conceptual designs for preliminary permitting and cost estimating.
Develop scopes of work for regional renewable projects based on AES engineering standards and utility requirements.
Manage consultants preparing 30% design packages for collector substations and transmission facilities, and assess opportunities to complete design work in-house.
De-risk the project pipeline, including M&A portfolios, by performing technical due diligence and coordinating with internal departments.
Support cost-estimating efforts for high-voltage facilities, including bills of material reviews and substation expansions.
Establish and maintain relationships with high-voltage specialist consulting firms.
Review substation EPC bid designs for compliance with interconnection agreements, applicable reliability standards, scope documents, and AES standards.
Review designs and advise on technical issues or inconsistencies with project documentation and contractual exhibits.
Coordinate with interconnection providers, including CAISO, PJM, NYISO, MISO, ERCOT, WECC, SERC, and NEISO, on collector-substation design and new switchyards in accordance with transmission-provider requirements.
Collaborate with real estate, permitting, interconnection, legal, finance, PV development engineering, pre-construction, and construction teams.
Travel and conduct field work (approximately 25%).