Expert, Grid Innovation Engineer

2 months ago

Oakland, United States Pacific Gas And Electric Company Full time

Requisition ID # 155920 

Job Category: Engineering / Science; Information Technology; Maintenance / Construction / Operations; Power Generation; Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Team Summary
The Grid Innovation Delivery (GID) team is making the grid of the future a reality. The team scales new technologies and pilots into well-documented, sustainable, and mature programs that PG&E utilizes to deliver for our hometowns and serve our planet. The team bridges early R&D innovation efforts and PG&E’s established lines of business.  

 

The Remote Grid (RG) Program demonstrates the GID team’s results. Remote Grids cost-effectively address wildfire risk by serving customers with fully islanded (24/7/365) microgrids of solar, batteries, and fuel-powered generation and permanently removing high-risk overhead power lines. The GID team deployed and currently operates nine RGs with plans to grow the fleet to two dozen in the next two years. See the RG Program page here, as well as media coverage from the PG&E newsroom here.
 
Position Summary
This Expert-level Grid Innovation Engineer is an electrical engineering thought leader, who builds the knowledge base and collaboratively develops solutions to reduce costs and to increase safety, reliability, and decarbonization . Grid Innovation Engineers serve as project engineers, taking full ownership of the technical execution of each project to PG&E standards. They develop new standards and process documentation to mature the program. They also support Operations and Maintenance (O&M) performance analytics and root cause investigation. 

 

A strong applicant will be an organized and diligent collaborator, proactively driving a broad range of technical and cross-functional tasks. They will collaborate closely with four other Grid Innovation Engineers, other PG&E groups (e.g. project management, environmental, asset management), and external Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) vendors. This is a well-rounded engineering role with flexibility to leverage the applicant’s unique skillset to own specific responsibilities and to pursue development opportunities.

This position is Hybrid,  primarily working from your remote office within PG&E’s service territory. In-person activities at PG&E’s new Oakland General Office are based on business need, focusing on synchronous collaboration, affinity building, ideation, or planning activities (1-2 times per month). The role will also require travel to sites throughout the PG&E service territory (need varies, 1 per month on average). There is an opportunity to work an alternative 9/80 schedule (eight nine-hour days and one eight-hour day over a two-week period).
 
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, and internal equity.   Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
 
A reasonable salary range is:
•    Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area)    $140,000.00
•    Mid Base Salary (Bay Area)    $189,000.00
•    Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area)    $238,000.00

 
Core Responsibilities:
Project engineer for   Remote Grids and other solutions (~50% of time):
•    Manage technical design with EPC vendors, reviewing and iterating on design packages from Concept through 100% Design with attention to customer need, environmental impacts, constructability, and O&M 
•    Analyze Microgrid Energy Modeling and product sizing to ensure right-fit solutions
•    Ensure technical specification and construction compliance, including approval of testing and Go-Live operations
•    Support PG&E-owned technical scope, such as distribution service facilities and protection coordination studies 
•    Document important design decisions and as-builts for record management
•    Lead feasibility assessments with load data analysis, desktop site assessments, and site visits

Solution development and engineering process development (~25% of time):
•    Bring industry knowledge and best practices to PG&E’s products and tools
•    Apply learnings from project experience to improve program-wide specifications, standards, and processes
•    Document EPC vendor capabilities and product configurations for PV panels, batteries, inverters, controllers, generators and controllers, automatic transfer switches, protective relay packages, switchgear, and other components 

O&M support and asset management processes (~25% of time):
•    Support root cause analysis, led by 3rd party O&M contractors, to understand issues in the field and the ‘so what’ implication for design, O&M, and asset management
•    Assist with monitoring asset health and identifying operational improvements, including SCADA communication, software user interface, and control algorithms

 

Minimum Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s in Engineering (Electrical preferred) 
•    7 years of job-related experience
 
Desired Qualifications:
•    Understanding of construction and electrical facilities design
•    Experience with developer or EPC firm and/or driving technology R&D, pilots, and scale-up
•    Knowledge of applicable laws, codes, and standards for microgrids or distribution service
•    Power system protection engineering experience
•    Understanding of distribution grid design and system planning tools (e.g., HOMER for microgrids, ED GIS Viewer, AutoCAD, Bluebeam)
•    Experience with data analytics (Excel and SQL minimum; Pandas, NumPy, or R desired)
•    Effectively communicate highly complex ideas with credibility, confidence, and clarity to diverse audiences using verbal, written, and visual means
•    Creative, versatile, efficient and productive in the face of ambiguity
•    Bias toward action with a strong sense of ownership and empathy
•    Solve unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions
•    Master’s in Engineering (Electrical preferred)
•    Licensed Engineer-in-Training or Professional Engineer (P.E. Electrical preferred) in CA
 

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