Principal SCADA/EMS & ADMS Solutions Architect

Aspen Technology; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology is seeking a Principal Project Engineer to lead the delivery of complex SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS solutions using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management products for utility customers.

You will own end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, integration, validation, and handover, while mentoring the project team and contributing to reusable best practices. Hybrid work from Reading, UK.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in utility operations/dispatch or real-time control systems as project technical lead.
• Experience delivering systems across SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS; monarch experience preferred.
• Hands-on depth with client/server applications, network communications, and Linux/Windows; familiarity with programming/scripting (e.g., Python, C/C++) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra); experience with JSON and XML.
• Practical experience with common utility protocols and standards (e.g., ICCP, DNP3, IEC 60870‑5‑101/104, IEC 61850, MultiSpeak).
• Excellent organization, interpersonal, and leadership skills within project teams; travel up to 20%.
• Work arrangement: Hybrid; primary office Reading, UK.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership of projects: Define solution architectures and integration approach for assigned project(s); lead technical decisions, design reviews, and quality gates within scope to ensure robust, scalable outcomes.
• Plan, design, integrate, and validate: Plan and execute detailed design and integration; establish verification approaches and lead Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) with traceability to requirements.
• Commissioning & stabilization: Oversee commissioning and cutover plans, perform advanced troubleshooting for complex variances in production environments, and ensure timely deployment of resolutions.
• Project team guidance: Provide day‑to‑day technical direction to engineers and partners on your projects, promoting reusability and delivery discipline.
• Customer & stakeholder engagement: Work directly with utility SMEs and project managers to refine requirements, manage technical changes, and ensure performance, reliability, and operability targets are met.
• Engineering excellence: Apply and uphold established standards for configuration management, environment readiness, and documentation; contribute improvements and reusable assets.
• Enablement & knowledge sharing: Mentor peers, assist with training materials, and share best practices within the project team and local group.
• Strategic pre‑sales engagement: On an as‑needed basis, provide technical validation of delivery approaches and limited support for customer evaluations/demos on priority pursuits.

Skills

SCADA/EMS/ADMS

Monarch experience

Python

C/C++

Linux/Windows

Networking basics

JSON/XML

OT/IT integration

System architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQL

Job description

Aspen Technology is seeking a Principal Project Engineer to lead the delivery of complex SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS solutions using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management products for utility customers.

You will own end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, integration, validation, and handover, while mentoring the project team and contributing to reusable best practices. Hybrid work from Reading, UK.