Principal Engineer – Grid Planning & R&D Innovation

MISO Default Brand; Carmel, Eagan (IN, MN); On-site; USD 146,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401k

Vacation and sick time

Job summary

MISO is seeking a Principal Engineer – Planning R&D to evaluate technologies and system changes transforming the electric grid. You will combine technical expertise with industry knowledge to assess trends, impacts, and develop solutions for grid planning and reliability.

The role collaborates across disciplines, bringing together production cost modeling, power flow analysis, dynamic stability, resource adequacy, market dynamics, and planning/retirement workflows.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• At least ten years of relevant experience in electric energy industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel analytical methods that complement traditional phasor domain tools.
• Create conceptual designs, test benches, and prototype workflows to support applied R&D evaluation of emerging stability challenges.
• Establish new planning timeframe processes for integrating stability considerations into long range studies.

Skills

Power system modeling

Dynamic stability

Phasor-domain tools

Analytical thinking

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSCAD

ETRAN+

SSR/SSAT

Job description

MISO is seeking a Principal Engineer – Planning R&D to evaluate technologies and system changes transforming the electric grid. You will combine technical expertise with industry knowledge to assess trends, impacts, and develop solutions for grid planning and reliability.

The role collaborates across disciplines, bringing together production cost modeling, power flow analysis, dynamic stability, resource adequacy, market dynamics, and planning/retirement workflows.