Real-Time Power Systems Engineer: BESS & Inverter

Emploive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials in San Francisco is seeking a Power Systems Engineer, Hardware-in-the-Loop, to develop and validate BESS and inverter models using RTDS/RSCAD for grid-connected and off-grid applications. This is a 100% on-site role working with the energy storage team.

The role focuses on building real-time models, performing dynamic studies, and expanding CHIL/testing platforms with PSCAD/MATLAB tools to support project needs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of power systems engineering experience with RTDS/RSCAD or real-time simulation.
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Controls, or closely related discipline.
• Experience building hardware-software test environments and debugging.
• Proficiency in Python, C, or C++ for test automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate power system and inverter control strategies using RTDS/RSCAD to meet project-specific grid requirements.
• Develop and maintain Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (CHIL) test platforms integrating RTDS with inverter controllers, site controllers, protection relays, metering, and communication interfaces; create test plans, automate test execution, analyze results, and maintain clear technical documentation.
• Build and validate real-time power system models of BESS, PV, inverters, transformers, generators, loads, and balance-of-plant equipment for both grid-connected and islanded applications.
• Perform dynamic and transient studies to evaluate system stability, black start, load pickup, inverter interactions, fault response, protection performance, and transitions between operating modes.
• Identify and resolve control, modeling, communication, and hardware-in-the-loop integration issues using first-principles power system analysis, simulation results, and structured troubleshooting.
• Support validation and benchmarking of PSCAD, PSS/E, and other offline simulation models against RTDS/CHIL results and field performance where applicable.
• Develop and expand in-house RTDS laboratory capabilities, including model integration, I/O scaling, communication interfaces, test automation, equipment selection, and standardized validation procedures.

Skills

RTDS/RSCAD

HIL testing

Real-time sim

Python

C/C++

PSCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

EE fundamentals

Networking

Lab gear

Education

MS/PhD in EE/Power Systems/Controls

Tools

PSCAD

MATLAB/Simulink

OPAL-RT

Typhoon HIL

Job description

Redwood Materials in San Francisco is seeking a Power Systems Engineer, Hardware-in-the-Loop, to develop and validate BESS and inverter models using RTDS/RSCAD for grid-connected and off-grid applications. This is a 100% on-site role working with the energy storage team.

The role focuses on building real-time models, performing dynamic studies, and expanding CHIL/testing platforms with PSCAD/MATLAB tools to support project needs.