Grid Reliability & Resiliency Engineer developing engineering solutions for PG&E’s electric grid. Supporting reliability initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve grid performance.
Responsibilities
Support the reliability command center with various analysis, assignments and data requests.
Assist customers in assessing the viability of distributed technology and/or resource interconnection projects
Collaborate with other utilities, manufacturers, engineering IT, and standards departments on advancing new distributed energy resources applications, such as smart inverters, and reducing interconnection costs
Understand the various data streams that are needed to enable more advanced analysis when modeling grid impacts
Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that facilitate easier grid integration
Identify conditions when DER may provide more benefits to the customers and the grid
Explore new data streams for enhancing analysis and simulations
Assist in assessments of potential distributed energy resources risks at higher penetration levels
Represent PG&E as its technical expert integrating distributed resources and technologies onto the electric grid in industry working groups.
Responsible for identifying, developing and implementing new standards and guidelines, in collaboration with Distribution Standards Department, to facilitate distributed energy resources integration while minimizing potential grid impacts
Contribute to the development of data science strategies aligned with department and system performance goals.
Lead research and development of state-of-the-art methodologies to detect potential system failures, develop a long-term strategy for all PG&E grids to improve the electric transmission and distribution grid.
Prepares and presents regular updates to senior management, addressing issues and gaining buy in on solutions.
Attend IEEE and related technical conferences to maintain technical knowledge, explore and bring best industry practices.
Assesses business implications associated with modeling assumptions, inputs, methodologies technical implementation, analytic procedures and processes, and advanced data analysis.
Works with sponsor departments and company technical experts to understand the application and potential of data science solutions that create value.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience
Experience with grid modeling software (e.g. CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc.)
7 years of electric utility related experience
Electrical Engineering Degree with Power Systems emphasis (Desired)
PhD or master’s in engineering, preferably Electrical Engineering discipline with Power Systems emphasis (Desired)
Proficient with data processing tools such as Excel, Access, SQL, etc. (Desired)
Experience in Program Management (Desired)
Expert in electric distribution program development and execution preferably in areas of reliability, resiliency and grid modernization. (Desired)
Experience in Transmission or Distribution System Planning, power flow, distribution engineering or operations, substation engineering, transmission or distribution protection, distribution operations. (Desired)
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