Principal Power Systems Engineer

Arpatech; Medina; On-site; SAR 476,000 - 596,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Medina is seeking a Principal Power Systems Engineer to lead complex designs and mentor other engineers. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and experience in power systems applications. This role offers a salary range of $127,000 to $158,700 along with a comprehensive benefits package, emphasizing customer satisfaction and project excellence.

Benefits

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Detailed practical understanding of energy transmission systems.
• 7+ years of experience in power systems applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering team for complex designs.
• Design and commission advanced control systems for utilities.
• Support customer systems to ensure reliability and satisfaction.

Skills

Electric Engineering

Power Systems

Technical Leadership

Customer Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Power Systems

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

In this role, the Principal Power Systems Engineer will technically lead and mentor other engineers in delivering complex designs that meet customer specifications. In this role, you will provide the technical expertise and engineering leadership needed to support current products and help define the future product development opportunities across power grids to deliver the advanced transmission management functions of Aspentech’s control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from AspenTech’s Medina office, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery and product management excellence in support of utility customers in the energy management industry.

Your Impact

• Train, develop, lead, coach and manage the performance of each direct report.
• Supervise the daily operations and activities of the Power system engineering team and delegate work to meet overall department and project deadlines
• Design, integrate, test, and commission advanced control systems for electric utilities.
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements.
• Communicate detailed requirements to internal departments as needed.
• Work directly with customers and remote engineering team members to understand requirements and communicate project plans.
• Perform customer training and consult on power system modeling to ensure the effective use and maintenance of a customer’s power system applications.
• Assist in creating project and product documentation as needed.
• Perform unit testing and tuning to ensure power system applications will meet customer and industry requirements.
• Support live customer systems using knowledge of power systems and AspenTech application functionality with clear, logical thought processes.
• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation as needed.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry standards and trends.

What You\'ll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required. Master’s degree preferred, with an emphasis in Power Systems.
• Detailed practical understanding of energy transmission systems, including operation, control, and optimization.
• Applies extensive technical expertise and has a higher level of understanding of the basic principles of other related disciplines.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and testing advanced power systems applications including State Estimator, Contingency Analysis, Study Power Flow, model management, Optimal Power Flow, Stability Analysis, Forecasting, Operator Training Simulator and may have knowledge of other fields.
• Strong technical background with the ability to apply knowledge spanning IT and OT solutions with at least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Analyze, design, program, troubleshoot, recommend solutions, perform enhancements, provide technical support, and implement modifications associated with the transmission applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Superior organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.

The salary range for this role is $127,000.00 - $158,700.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.