EMS Grid Automation Engineer – Power Systems & Simulations

Hitachi Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks an Application Engineer to develop software applications used by utilities to monitor, study, optimize, control, and simulate power networks, smart grids, and distributed energy resources. You will design, develop, test, review, and maintain applications that help utility operators improve grid reliability, evaluate system conditions, and support real-time operational needs.

This role offers the opportunity to apply software development skills alongside power systems

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; Ph.D. is a plus.
• Experience with software development, debugging, and performance tuning.
• Solid knowledge of power system studies, modeling, simulation, optimization, and numerical methods.
• Familiarity with EMS applications such as load flow and state estimation is advantageous.
• Proficiency in programming languages C#, C/C++, Java, Python, or FORTRAN; experience on Linux/Windows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, review, and maintain power systems applications with reliability in mind.
• Build software supporting electrical utility operations, smart grid capabilities, and distributed energy resource use cases.
• Collaborate with team on planning, development, and testing to meet defined definition of done criteria.
• Apply power system studies, modeling, simulation, optimization, and numerical methods to application development.
• Support EMS-related applications such as load flow, contingency evaluation, state estimation, operator training simulators, and power system simulators.
• Identify technical issues, schedule risks, and quality concerns, then work with the team to resolve them.
• Contribute to retrospectives, reflection, and steady incremental improvement across the software development process.
• Work across Linux and Windows development environments using relevant programming languages and tools.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

C#

C/C++

Java

Python

FORTRAN

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Ph.D. (plus)

Tools

CIM/XML

Linux

Windows

Job description

Hitachi Energy seeks an Application Engineer to develop software applications used by utilities to monitor, study, optimize, control, and simulate power networks, smart grids, and distributed energy resources. You will design, develop, test, review, and maintain applications that help utility operators improve grid reliability, evaluate system conditions, and support real-time operational needs.

This role offers the opportunity to apply software development skills alongside power systems