Electrical Engineer, ATS Grid & Electrification Innovation

Requisition ID # 172663 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: San Ramon; Danville

Department Overview

Applied Technology Services (ATS) has been providing technology-based, innovative, high-value services to the Company for over 40 years. ATS is a multidisciplinary team of over 120 engineers, scientists, and technicians. The ATS vision is to be a forward-thinking, technological leader providing high-value solutions and services needed across the Company.

 Position Summary

The Electrical Engineer, ATS Grid & Electrification Innovation position is located within the Grid & Electrification Innovation (G&EI) organization within ATS. G&EI operates state-of-the-art laboratories for electric transmission and distribution (T&D) hardware & software validation, engineering studies & analysis, real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, energy efficiency codes & standards testing, advanced metering, customer electrification & decarbonization, as well as data fusion and predictive waveform analytics.

Our highly qualified staff leverage unique technical engineering design & fabrication skills to solve PG&E’s most complex engineering challenges in anomaly detection, system protection, electric reliability, DERs, V2X & electrification, microgrids, ADMS, DERMS, and Integrated Grid Planning (IGP).  The incumbents maintain knowledge of and implement to all Company and regulatory safety and quality processes and procedures. This is an on-site position, based in our San Ramon Technology Center office.

The Electrical Engineer, ATS Grid & Electrification Innovation will be at the leading edge of this through performing complex power system analysis, engineering studies, and HIL testing of emerging T&D grid technologies, applications, and devices. The position will involve partnership with a broader team within PG&E including the T&D planning, standards and asset strategy, system protection, and automation engineering teams. Work may range from general technical consultation to comprehensive support from planning through production implementation of new technologies.

The ATS Grid & Electrification Innovation staff provides:

• Technology literature review and feasibility assessment
• Electric T&D technology evaluation
• Electric power system modeling and analysis
• Engineering studies
• Advanced metering evaluation
• Distributed energy resource integration assessment
• Laboratory testing
• Travel required; frequency depends on the assignment and is typically less than 5%.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

 A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $109,000

Bay Area Mid:$142,000

Bay Area Maximum: $175,000

 This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

 Job Responsibilities

• Collaborates with peers to prepare technical reports and specifications and to identify, define, and solve problems
• Assists senior peers on more complex tests and projects, participating in planning, budgeting and testing
• Completes multiple projects concurrently. Prepares tests and studies.
• Evaluates the performance of parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results
• Develops test protocols, models, test technologies and analyzes data. May assist in the development of technical policies and procedures
• Modifies prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations
• Begins to develop knowledge in other areas of specialty/discipline or continues to focus on one area and increases depth of knowledge
• Continually identifies testing or process improvements

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Job-related experience, 3 years or more or equivalent combination of job-related experience and postgraduate degree with specific experience in at least 5 areas of the following: Electromagnetic Transient Analysis, HIL Testing, Power System Equipment Testing, Power Flow Modeling and Analysis, Metering, Telecommunications and Networking, Test Automation, Controls and Data Acquisition, Power Electronics, Renewable Generation, Grid integration, Electric Grid Planning and Design

Desired:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Power system emphasis desired)
• Professional Engineer’s License
• Experience with utility modeling software such as CYME, PSCAD, RSCAD, PSS/E, PSLF creating, configuring, and validating power system models, including transmission, distribution, and DER integration scenarios
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing including interfacing with physical protection and control devices (relays, PMUs, IEDs)
• Experience developing technical papers and presentations for electric power industry organizations such as IEEE, CIGRE, and IEC
• Ability to work safely around high voltage test equipment, in substation and power plant environments.
• Strong investigative and analytical problem-solving skills
• Broad understanding of engineering research and testing concepts, theories, practices, methods, techniques in the area of specialization, as well as a general knowledge of other engineering specialties
• Understanding of quality assurance and quality control concepts and practices
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills
• Leadership skills
• Communication, presentation, and teamwork skills
• Project management skills
• Good customer service orientation
• Experience with utility SCADA, ADMS, and EMS platforms
• Programming experience including National Instruments LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB