Job Description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways -- from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.
The Role As a Principal Power Systems Engineer, you will lead key technical elements of customer projects focused on Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Generation Management Systems (GMS). Using AspenTech OSI's Monarch platform, you'll work closely with global utility customers to configure, model, and implement complex real-time power system control solutions. This role combines deep power systems knowledge, customer interaction, and hands-on system integration.
Your Impact

• Work directly with customers to define requirements for advanced control systems for utilities, including Energy Management Systems (EMS) / Generation Management Systems (GMS) / Distributed Energy Resources Management system (DERMS).
• Understand project requirements through interactions with project engineering and other stakeholders, and design solutions to meet these requirements.
• Oversee power system modelling, Analysis, and electrical design aspects of projects from the feasibility stage through implementation and operations.
• Manage design and development of custom applications to meet project requirements.
• Create test plans and procedures and perform testing (FAT / SAT / Availability testing) for product releases including unit (module by module) and algorithm proof testing.
• Perform tuning of power system model to ensure power system applications will meet customer and industry requirements.
• Consult on power system applications to ensure the effective use and maintenance of a customer's power system application.
• Assist in creating project and product documentation as needed, and provide training and support for end users.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry standards and trends.

What You'll Need

• Graduate in Electrical Engineering or Electrical & Electronics engineering / Post-graduate in Power Systems or related discipline is desirable.
• 8+ years work experience in Power System Analysis and Energy Management Systems or adjacent experience in utility software, SCADA, or real-time grid control.
• Strong understanding of electric utility operations and control room use cases.
• Experience with electrical utility control systems (SCADA, EMS, GMS, DMS, OMS, DERMS) or experience working in utility operations or engineering support is good to have.
• Understanding of object oriented programming concepts with development using C# or Python along with basic - intermediate understanding of SQL is good to have.
• Experience with network modelling and simulation tools such as PSSE, PowerFactory, ETAP or similar is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of databases and data warehousing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical discussions.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Flexibility to travel as needed for customer engagement
• Ability to lead a team and act as a mentor for team members
• Power System Studies / Software knowledge of Transmission/Generation systems.
• Energy Management System (EMS) - State Estimation, Power flow, Contingency Analysis, Optimal Power Flow, Transient Stability, Voltage Stability
• Generation Management system (GMS) - Automatic Generation Control (AGC), Load and Generation Forecasting, Unit Commitment
• Power System Operation and Control
• Basic Knowledge of C# or Python
• Project Planning and Technical Coordination
• Excellent Communication Skills
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