Remote Power Systems Engineer: DER & Grid Reliability

ADP, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is hiring an Engineer in the Engineering and Security Integration team. This REMOTE-DC area role supports transmission level modeling, studies, and reliability initiatives across the ERO Enterprise.

You will lead technical activities, collaborate with stakeholders, and develop reports to improve grid reliability and security. Ideal candidates have DER, IBR, and power-system knowledge, experience with risk mitigation, and strong

Qualifications

• Understanding of DER technology including IBRs such as wind, solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage, hybrid power plants, HVDC systems, and FACTS devices or synchronous DERs.
• Conducting root cause analysis of performance issues and developing mitigating actions to address those reliability issues.
• Understanding of power system fundamentals such as frequency control, balancing, ramping, voltage control, stability, inverter controls, and operation of the BPS.
• Understanding of NERC Reliability Standards, particularly related to modeling, operations, and protection.
• General knowledge of transmission planning, power system protection and control, power plant configuration and technologies, and grid operations.
• General understanding of emerging technologies facing the electricity sector, and willingness to work collaboratively with industry security professionals to integrate security into inverter-based resource facilities.
• Willingness to think “outside of the box” and work internally and externally with a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives to develop novel and innovative ideas on difficult topics.
• Ability to lead stakeholder groups in an effective, efficient, and inclusive manner.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and publish technical reports and other documents on technical engineering topics.
• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead technical activities for NERC industry stakeholder groups, particularly the System Planning Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources Working Group.
• Engage collaboratively with industry stakeholders to support proactive risk mitigation of emerging technologies or changes to the distribution system related to BPS reliability.
• Support ERO Enterprise initiatives focused on risk mitigation focused on IBRs, DERs, and computational loads.
• Work collaboratively with the ERO Enterprise Event Analysis teams to support the analysis of System Disturbances; develop disturbance reports documenting key findings and recommendations, as required.
• Analyze transmission level modeling and study practices and provide industry with recommendations to address systemic modeling and study issues.
• Conduct, lead, or support simulations focusing on BPS wide-area reliability issues in the near- and long-term horizon.
• Support key stakeholders and industry activities, particularly concerning DERs, and engage in industry forums and other industry-leading initiatives to help ensure reliability aspects are addressed proactively.
• Engage with equipment manufacturers, systems integrators, consultants, national laboratories, academia, research institutes, and other industry stakeholder groups in an effective and efficient manner that provides a safe, inclusive, and diverse environment.
• Prepare engineering analysis, studies, and assessments on BPS reliability issues and develop reports, guidelines, or other technical documents to support NERC initiatives.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Skills

DER technology

Root cause analysis

Power system fundamentals

NERC Standards

Transmission planning

Emerging technologies

Stakeholder leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s degree in power systems

Job description

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is hiring an Engineer in the Engineering and Security Integration team. This REMOTE-DC area role supports transmission level modeling, studies, and reliability initiatives across the ERO Enterprise.

You will lead technical activities, collaborate with stakeholders, and develop reports to improve grid reliability and security. Ideal candidates have DER, IBR, and power-system knowledge, experience with risk mitigation, and strong