Hybrid Grid Innovation Engineer - Resilience Leader

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland, CA, seeks an engineering leader to drive the enterprise reliability and resiliency strategy across the organization. You will set the technical vision for reliability engineering and guide industry standards engagement with IEEE, IEC, FERC/NERC, and utility associations.

The role follows a hybrid work model, requiring office presence at least 2–3 days per week at the Oakland General Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of electric utility‑related experience.
• Experience with grid modeling software (e.g., CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in assessing the viability of distributed technology and/or resource interconnection projects.
• Collaborate with other utilities, manufacturers, engineering IT, and standards departments on advancing new distributed energy resources applications, such as smart inverters, and reducing interconnection costs.
• Understand the various data streams that are needed to model grid impacts.
• Meet with stakeholders to better understand their issues and inform them of the potential grid impacts.
• Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that facilitate easier grid integration.
• Identify conditions when DER may provide more benefits to the customers and the grid.
• Assist in assessments of potential distributed energy resources risks at higher penetration levels.
• Assist in material prep and/or presenting for technical experts in regulatory proceedings and industry working groups.

Skills

Grid modeling experience

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

CYMDIST

PSLF

Aspen

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland, CA, seeks an engineering leader to drive the enterprise reliability and resiliency strategy across the organization. You will set the technical vision for reliability engineering and guide industry standards engagement with IEEE, IEC, FERC/NERC, and utility associations.

The role follows a hybrid work model, requiring office presence at least 2–3 days per week at the Oakland General Office.