Job Description

Summary As part of the Grid Modernization Center of Excellence Team, this position will be responsible for engineering and consulting services and solutions across protection, control, and automation aplications, with special focus on power industry applications such as microgrid control systems, remedial action schemes, renewable integration, substation automation, and digital substations. The successful candidate should have proven project experience and an electrical an engineering background.



Roles and Responsibilities

- Responsible for the execution of Engineering and Consulting Services Projects inside the Grid Modernization CoE. This includes schedule, customer communication, scope of work, budget, and quality.
- Responsible for leading the development of a project technical scope of work and engineering effort estimations
- Lead customer and regional engagements to define customer requirements and develop innovative solutions
- Execute engineering studies and analysis across the transmission, distribution, and industrial segments.
- Design and testing of customized P&C solutions (both in house and at customer installations) to meet user specifications & requirements
- Programing RTUs, PLCs or substation gateways/controllers
- Develop and Design SCADA and HMI Interfaces for GE solutions
- Lead the development and design of advanced protection solutions
- Develop test setups, test plans, and test case (including wiring diagrams and configurations of relays and controllers)
- Perform in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) including Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) tests using real-time digital simulators
- Prepare test reports, project reports, and project deliverables
- Analyze and troubleshoot field cases involving GE or third-party relays
- Participate in preparation of technical papers to be presented at conferences and other venues.
- Participate in business development activities to grow services, including writing and presenting technical papers, delivering customer presentations,
- May require travel up to 10 - 30% of the time depending on projects

Required Qualifications

Bachelors (Masters or higher is preferred) in Electrical or Power Systems Engineering with very good understanding of power system applications and analysis.
- Minimum (5) years of experience in protection, control, and automation applications
- Excellent understanding of power systems phenomena in transmission & distribution systems
- Understanding of power system protection relays, automation, control and communication protocols.
- Ethical and professional business manner in interaction with team members and customers.
- Customer focused; open to accept new challenges and share ideas
- Technical skills to execute projects and write SOW proposals.
- Strong learning skills.
- Willingness and ability to work across time zones to support global customers if required

Desired Characteristics

• - Experienced in study software and power system tools such as Mathcad, MATLAB, PSSE, Power Factory, ASPEN, CAPE for automating the power system study process.

- Understand of communication system protocols and architectures in electric power industry (DNP3, MODBUS, IEC61850, OpenFMB, etc.).
- Experience with RTDS or Opal Simulation Platforms
- Flexibility to work in a multi-customer environment and to adapt to requests/comments made in the course of execution.
- Experience with transmission, distribution, and smart grid standards;
- Strong communication skills including technical writing and presentations
- Knowledge or field experience with system commissioning and testing
- Experience with advanced automation solutions such as microgrids and remedial action schemes
- Experience with IEC 61131-3 PLC Programming Languages.
- Project Management experience

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes