Senior Project Engineer, ES

Anza Renewables; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anza Renewables is seeking a Senior Project Engineer, Energy Storage to lead technical design and execution across diverse storage projects. You will coordinate with customers, vendors, and EPCs to ensure privacy of interconnection, testing, and commissioning from interconnection through COD.

The role requires mastery of energy storage integration, strong knowledge of UL/NEC/NFPA/IEEE codes, and hands-on modeling with AutoCAD, ETAP, PSSE, PSCAD, PSLF, and Python.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years in energy storage design and integration, utility-scale design and commissioning.
• 7+ years in power systems design, construction, commissioning, and field support.
• Strong knowledge of UL, NEC, NFPA, IEEE; familiarity with IBR standards (IEEE 2800, new NERC standards).
• Experience with fire departments, building departments, utilities, and ISO/RTOs.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Excel; ETAP/PSSE/PSCAD/PSLF; Python a plus.
• Experience with Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3, CAN; Wireshark.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key technical expert in energy storage integration into project designs, ensuring compliance with standards.
• Review engineering deliverables from multiple disciplines and respond to RFIs and submittals.
• Assess and mitigate project risks related to design, certification, testing, systems integration, and commissioning.
• Collaborate with vendors, customers, ISOs, utilities, EPCs, and consulting firms during interconnection, design, construction and commissioning.
• Lead and coordinate commissioning activities between stakeholders for utility-scale and DG-scale projects.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level project engineers.
• Guide technical decisions and troubleshoot complex design or field issues across the project life.
• Conduct detailed technical reviews of contractual documents to validate scope and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct product diligence and develop engineering tools integrated with Anza's platform.
• Support internal technical requests to ensure proper representation of energy storage products.

Skills

Engineering review

Problem solving

Coordination

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Advanced Electrical Engineering degrees (Power Systems/ Renewable Energy/ Power Electronics)

Tools

AutoCAD

Excel

ETAP/PSSE/PSCAD/PSLF

Python

Modbus TCP/IP

DNP3

CAN

Wireshark

Job description

About the role

The primary objective of the Senior Project Engineer, Energy Storage role is to provide technical expertise during the design and execution phase of energy storage projects to support our IPP customers. In this role you must apply advanced engineering techniques to design, develop, test, and evaluate multidisciplinary systems for seamless energy storage product integration across diverse projects. You will collaborate closely with customer engineering, project, and product teams, overseeing energy storage product due diligence, retrofitting, integration, and commissioning from project interconnection through Commercial Operation Date (COD). As the primary technical interface between vendors, customers, and subcontractors, you will lead the interaction of these parties during project interconnection, design, construction and commissioning. To excel in this role, you must demonstrate expertise in engineering review, practical problem-solving, strategic planning, multi-party coordination, and optimizing engineering processes.

Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following

• Serve as a key technical expert in the integration of energy storage products into project designs, ensuring compliance with ISO, NERC, NFPA, and other relevant standards.
• Review engineering deliverables (e.g., documentation, calculations, design sets, RFI responses) from multiple disciplines, and respond to RFIs and submittals.
• Assess and mitigate project risks related to design, certification, testing, systems integration, and commissioning.
• Collaborate with and possess a deep technical understanding of deliverables from battery/PCS/EMS vendors, ISOs, utilities, IPPs, EPCs, NRTLs, third-party QA/QC, and engineering consulting firms.
• Lead and coordinate commissioning activities between various stakeholders for both utility-scale and DG-scale projects.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to junior and mid-level Project Engineers, focusing on core competencies in system design and commissioning best practices.
• Act as a subject matter expert, guiding technical decisions and troubleshooting complex design or field issues across the project life
• Conduct detailed technical reviews of key contractual documents in support of customers' goals to validate technical scope, performance guarantees, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct product diligence and develop engineering tools integrated with Anza's platform to deliver high value quickly to platform users.
• Support internal technical requests from Anza's Solutions Engineering team, to ensure Anza is properly representing energy storage products and architectures to our customers.

While no one individual will possess them all, the successful candidate will bring many of the following experiences, skills, and attributes

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of related experience in energy storage product design and integration, utility-scale energy storage facility design, construction, and commissioning.
• 7+ years of related experience in power systems design, construction, commissioning, and field support.
• Strong knowledge of relevant codes and standards (UL, NEC, NFPA, IEEE etc.). In particular, familiarity with Inverter-Based Resource (IBR) related standards is a plus (e.g., IEEE 2800, new NERC standards, etc.)
• Experience working with fire departments, building departments, utilities, and ISO/RTOs.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Excel. Experience with ETAP, PSSE, PSCAD, PSLF, and Python is a plus.
• Experience with communication protocols (Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3, CAN, etc.) and tools (Wireshark).
• Advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering focused on Power Systems, Renewable Energy, or Power Electronics are highly desirable.

Compensation & Benefits

Anza uses an internally equitable and externally competitive total cash approach to compensation.

• medical, dental, vision, health, life, and disability insurance
• a comprehensive wellness program
• 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting
• continuing education and professional development assistance
• self-managed flexible work schedules and time-off policies

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Anza provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal and local laws. In addition to federal law requirements, Anza complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. EEO M/F/D/V.