Staff Applications Engineer-Grid Integration

Amperesand • San Francisco, NV

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Amperesand is seeking a Staff or Sr. Staff Applications Engineer, Grid Integration to join the Deployment team as the primary technical authority on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects. You’ll be the primary Amperesand interface for any external organizations working on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects such as EPCs and Utilities. You’ll partner closely with the Product team and Controls team to validate and develop our PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models. You’ll utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study facility architectures and develop reference architectures. You’ll own the customer-sharable electrical system model package, and guide customers in usage of the models. Additionally, you’ll be a key customer interface in evaluating new product application opportunities and lead our investigation of intergration with (or obfuscation of) neighboring medium voltage electrical infrastructure. You’ll be the strategic lead identifying and defining product applications in the Utility sector while tracking Utility sector trends such as large load flexibility. You’ll partner with our Product and Compliance team to ensure Amperesand products meet applicable Utility/ISO/RTO requirements such as ride-through requirements. You’ll interface with national laboratories and other researchers and author technical whitepapers. You’ll occasionally provide on-site oversight of product deployment to ensure product installation and integration success. In this role, you will set the direction and the strategy for chasing opportunities in your domain of ownership. You’ll enjoy high levels of autonomoy, responsibility, and leadership visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
• Proficiency with PSCAD and PSSE (and/or comparable EMT/phasor-domain simulation tools).
• Experience with MW-scale power electronics, grid-tie inverters, or renewable/storage integration, and MV electrical infrastructure design.
• Experience with grid interconnection processes for utility-scale generation or storage assets, including direct engagement with utilities and EPCs.
• Familiarity with relevant interconnection standards and grid codes (e.g., IEEE 1547, NERC reliability standards, regional utility interconnection requirements, ride-through requirements) and experience tracking evolving grid policy, including large load and load flexibility rules.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to serve as a senior technical liaison across internal and external stakeholders, including customer-facing settings.
• Ability to travel to customer/project sites as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a startup.
• Experience validating power system models against field or test data, with the ability to translate validation findings into actionable feedback for model developers.
• Experience working cross-functionally with sales, product management, and product design/engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as Amperesand’s primary technical authority on all subjects related to grid intergration and interconnection, interfacing with Utilities, EPCs, and customer teams.
• Validate the PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models produced by the Controls team, ensuring EMT models agree with EMS, ensuring they work for representative system architectures, and ensuring they meet the requirements set by the Product team.
• Utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study, develop, and optimize reference architectures applicable to Amperesand’s customer base.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical package including documentation, test results, and electrical system models to be utilized by Amperesand customers, EPCs, and Utilities.
• Guide these entities in the usage of the this technical package, ensuring smooth interconnection of all Amperesand projects.
• Interact with Utilities, National Labs, researchers to analyze the utility sector and be a leading strategic voice on how to address needs in the Utility sector.
• Partner with Amperesand’s Policy lead to track policy changes related to large load connections, including load flexibility requirements, and translate implications into technical and product guidance.
• Support Amperesand’s product team to catalog product requirements related to grid connections, including ride-through requirements, grid codes, etc.
• Partner with Amperesand Sales, Customer Programs, Product, Engineering, Compliance teams to land projects, then ensure product deployment excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior