Remote Senior Principal Engineer - Transmission Planning

Qualus; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

FSA

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant - Transmission Planning to support our Resource Integration Advisory group, focusing on interconnection feasibility studies for new generation, storage, demand, and transmission projects.

You will lead and optimize project size and location, develop interconnection studies with power flow, dynamic and short circuit models, and work with host transmission operators through the full study process, applying WECC knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 15+ years of Electrical Engineering experience in the power industry.
• Professional Engineering License highly desirable.
• MS or PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Electrical Power Systems strongly preferred.
• Intimate knowledge of PSSE and/or PSLF power systems analysis tools and their models.
• Knowledge of transmission systems in WECC.
• Extensive experience with power system studies.
• Experience with resource interconnection studies in WECC.

Responsibilities

• Perform Interconnection feasibility studies for new generation, storage, demand and transmission projects.
• Optimize the size and location of new generation, storage, demand and transmission projects.
• Prepare interconnection applications including development of power flow, dynamic and short circuit models.
• Guide generation, storage, demand and transmission interconnection applications through the full interconnection study process.
• Interface with the host transmission operator throughout the interconnection study process and review their reports.
• Perform general power system studies.

Skills

Power systems analysis

WECC knowledge

PSSE/PSLF

Power systems studies

Interconnection studies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)

Tools

PSSE

PSLF

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant - Transmission Planning to support our Resource Integration Advisory group, focusing on interconnection feasibility studies for new generation, storage, demand, and transmission projects.

You will lead and optimize project size and location, develop interconnection studies with power flow, dynamic and short circuit models, and work with host transmission operators through the full study process, applying WECC knowledge.