Principal Power Generation Engineer

NextEra Energy; Florida; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

NextEra Energy seeks a Principal Power Generation Engineer to lead IBR performance analysis, disturbance monitoring, and NERC PRC compliance for wind, solar, and storage assets. You will shape scalable analytics, automation tools, and AI-assisted workflows.

In this role, you will collaborate with engineering, controls, reliability, and compliance teams to improve event investigations, fleet reliability, and engineering decision-making across the PGD portfolio.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree or PE licensure.
• 6+ years of power systems engineering experience.
• Knowledge of NERC PRC reliability standards for generation and IBR.
• Experience analyzing disturbance events using COMTRADE, DFR, or disturbance data.
• Experience developing engineering processes, tools, or data-driven investigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead inverter-based resource performance and disturbance analysis initiatives.
• Evaluate ride-through performance and support PRC compliance investigations.
• Develop analytical tools, dashboards, and automated workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve fleet reliability.
• Drive audits and technical assessments of IBR performance and reliability standards.

Skills

Power systems

NERC PRC standards

Disturbance analysis

Python

Power BI

AI-assisted development

PSSE/PSCAD

Education

ABET-accredited eng degree

PE licensure

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

PSS/E

PSLF

PSCAD

Job description

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Principal Power Generation Engineer

Company: NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Serve as a technical subject matter expert and compliance lead for inverter-based resource (IBR) performance, disturbance analysis, and emerging NERC PRC reliability standards affecting NextEra Energy Power Generation Division (PGD) wind, solar, and battery energy storage assets. This role supports the evaluation of ride-through performance, event investigations, and implementation of PRC-028, PRC-029, and PRC-030 requirements, while leading the development of scalable analytical processes, automation tools, and AI-assisted solutions to improve event assessment, engineering decision-making, and fleet reliability.

IBR Performance Analysis & Technical Leadership

• Serve as a subject matter expert for inverter-based resource (IBR) performance, disturbance analysis, protection systems, and NERC standards including PRC-002, PRC-004, PRC-005, PRC-019, PRC-024, PRC-028, PRC-029, and PRC-030.
• Evaluate ride-through performance using DFR records, COMTRADE files, inverter event logs, disturbance monitoring systems, and operational data.
• Validate protection system, relay, inverter, and plant controller settings to support reliable operation and conformance with applicable NERC reliability requirements.
• Support technical investigations of generation performance events, protection system events, and misoperations, including identification of causes and development of corrective actions.
• Provide engineering guidance to operations, controls, reliability, and compliance organizations regarding IBR performance, disturbance response, and protection system performance.
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of disturbance monitoring and data acquisition capabilities for inverter-based resources.
• Develop analytical tools, dashboards, and automated workflows supporting event investigations and engineering assessments.
• Lead initiatives to automate the collection, organization, retrieval, and analysis of DFR, inverter, historian, event log, and disturbance monitoring data.
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, and software development teams to deploy AI-assisted and data-driven analytical solutions that improve investigation efficiency, consistency, and engineering decision-making.
• Support development of future-state capabilities for centralized event data management and automated performance evaluations.

Fleet Integration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead audits, compliance reviews, and technical assessments involving IBR performance and reliability standards.
• Collaborate with renewable engineering SMEs, operations personnel, controls engineers, and compliance teams on fleet-wide event analysis initiatives.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to evaluate emerging industry practices and reliability requirements for inverter-based resources.
• Monitor industry developments related to inverter-based resources, disturbance monitoring, grid performance, and emerging NERC reliability standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reliability, operational performance, and engineering effectiveness across the renewable fleet.

Desired Qualifications

• PE preferred
• 2+ years of experience in power systems engineering, protection engineering, power quality analysis, or NERC reliability compliance for generation assets.
• Knowledge of NERC PRC reliability standards applicable to generation and inverter-based resources.
• Experience analyzing disturbance events using COMTRADE files, DFR records, oscillography, inverter event logs, relay event records, or power system monitoring data.
• Experience developing engineering processes, analytical tools, automation solutions, or data-driven investigations.
• Working knowledge of Python, Power BI, MS Copilot, AI-assisted development tools, or similar analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with power system modeling, simulation, and engineering analysis tools such as ASPEN, CAPE, PSS®E, PSLF, PSCAD, or equivalent platforms.

Job Overview

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities
• Manages one or more programs of complex diversity and scope which are of critical importance to overall company objectives
• Acts as a subject matter expert
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program or PE licensure in lieu of an ABET-accredited degree
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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