BESS Systems Engineer for Grid Storage

The Green Recruitment Company.; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Green Recruitment Company seeks a Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, and optimization of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Wisconsin. You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver advanced energy storage solutions that improve grid reliability and enable renewable energy integration.

The role emphasizes defining system requirements, architectures, and verification activities for subsystems including PCS, SCADA, EMS, and energy management, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2-3+ years of experience in a Systems Engineering environment.
• Experience working with complex electrical, industrial, energy, or automation systems.
• Strong understanding of systems architecture, requirements management, and system integration principles.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, PLM Systems, ERP Systems.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage system-level technical requirements, ensuring proper implementation across all subsystems and compliance with customer specifications.
• Define and validate system architecture, including Battery Systems, Power Conversion Systems (PCS), SCADA Systems, Energy Management Systems (EMS), and Power Management Systems.
• Develop electrical system designs tailored to U.S. market requirements, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, regulations, quality expectations, and cost targets.
• Create and maintain system specifications, interface definitions, requirements traceability, and verification matrices.
• Develop high-level system designs, block diagrams, architecture models, and compliance documentation.
• Establish subsystem requirements and work with cross-functional teams to ensure proper integration and validation.
• Conduct technical evaluations and trade-off analyses to optimize performance, cost, reliability, and scalability.
• Support solution integration activities, system testing, and verification processes.
• Review and approve system-level test procedures and validation results.
• Develop qualification strategies and documentation demonstrating compliance with technical, customer, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product development, project management, and operations teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by applying engineering best practices, lessons learned, and technical standards.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Electrical Design

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Renewable Energy

Grid Infrastructure

Requirements Management

System Architecture

SCADA Systems

Energy Management Systems (EMS)

Power Conversion Systems (PCS)

Integration & Verification Testing

Compliance & Regulatory Standards

Technical Documentation

Product Development

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

PLM Systems

ERP Systems

Job description

The Green Recruitment Company seeks a Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, and optimization of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Wisconsin. You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver advanced energy storage solutions that improve grid reliability and enable renewable energy integration.

The role emphasizes defining system requirements, architectures, and verification activities for subsystems including PCS, SCADA, EMS, and energy management, while