Electrical Engineer II - Grid Digital Twin & Real-Time Sim

4P Consulting

Birmingham (AL)

Hybrid

USD 95,000 - 130,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Alabama Power is seeking an Electrical Engineer II to support the Schatz Grid Visualization and Analytics Center (SGVAC) within Southern Company’s R&D organization. The role focuses on developing, maintaining, and applying power system digital twins, grid modeling, and advanced analytics for transmission and distribution systems.

You will work with real-time simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and grid modernization technologies.

Qualifications

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
Strong knowledge of electric power system analysis, modeling, simulation, and operation.
Experience developing and applying power system digital twins.
Proficiency with PSS/E and PSCAD.
Experience with RTDS and/or OPAL-RT for real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Experience conducting steady-state, dynamic, EMT, and real-time simulation studies.
Experience integrating operational, planning, asset, and measurement data into modeling environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and apply power system digital twins for grid planning, operations, training, technology evaluation, and decision support.
Build, validate, and enhance transmission and distribution system models.
Conduct steady-state, dynamic, EMT, and real-time simulations.
Utilize PSS/E, PSCAD, RTDS, and/or OPAL-RT for modeling and simulation.
Develop and support hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
Integrate data into digital twin and analytics applications.
Evaluate emerging grid technologies and develop technical recommendations.
Prepare technical reports and present findings to stakeholders.