Senior Grid Technology Engineer - Power Systems & Testing

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Danville (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Ramon seeks an Expert Engineer, Grid Technology to push energy modeling, prototyping, and testing across grid-edge solutions. You'll join ATS to perform PHIL/CHIL testing and run demonstrations of EV chargers, distributed generation, and smart loads in a collaborative team environment.

The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering with 7+ years of experience, plus proficiency in CYME, PSCAD, LabVIEW, Python, and MATLAB.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required with emphasis in power-related discipline.
• 7+ years of related experience in engineering, testing or analysis in energy systems.
• Professional Engineer’s License preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads project teams performing tests to identify, define, solve problems, and prepare technical reports and specifications.
• Partners with stakeholder organization to develop grid advancement and electrification strategies.
• Develops test protocols, models, technologies and analyzes data.
• Experience with utility SCADA, DMS, EMS platforms and power system modeling tools.

Skills

Power system modeling

LabVIEW

Python

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer’s License

Tools

CYME

PSCAD

RSCAD

PSS/E

PSLF

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Ramon seeks an Expert Engineer, Grid Technology to push energy modeling, prototyping, and testing across grid-edge solutions. You'll join ATS to perform PHIL/CHIL testing and run demonstrations of EV chargers, distributed generation, and smart loads in a collaborative team environment.

The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering with 7+ years of experience, plus proficiency in CYME, PSCAD, LabVIEW, Python, and MATLAB.