Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Siemens Grid Software is focused on accelerating and securing the energy transition in a sustainable way. The Senior Power Systems Consultant will perform advanced power system planning and integration studies for renewable resources, ensuring compliance and operational reliability for clients in the electric power industry.
Responsibilities
- Apply power system planning methodologies to model and analyze transmission system steady-state, dynamic, and transient performance
- Perform generation interconnection and integration studies for conventional and inverter-based resources, ensuring compliance with utility, regional transmission organization, and grid code requirements
- Develop, tune, and validate power system models (including generator, inverter, and control models) to meet study objectives and regulatory or interconnection requirements
- Prepare comprehensive technical reports documenting study assumptions, methodologies, results, conclusions, and recommendations
- Collaborate within small project teams to deliver high-quality technical outputs while meeting project scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets
- Develop and implement automation scripts to improve the efficiency, consistency, and accuracy of simulations and post-processing
- Support proposal development by contributing to technical approaches, project plans, budgets, schedules, and resource estimates
- Provide on-site technical consulting support and deliver specialized training to clients as required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering with a specialization in Power and Energy Systems
- 5+ years of relevant experience in the electric power industry as outlined below. Advanced degree MAY be substituted for professional experience if academic work included required studies and tools listed below
- Candidate must have knowledge of transmission system planning or operations with experience analyzing power flow, dynamic stability, and electromagnetic transients using PSS®E, TSAT, or PSLF
- Great written and spoken communication skills in English are required
- Ability to travel 10% domestically
- Prior experience in Power System Consulting
- Generation interconnection or operations experience in MISO, SPP, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, PJM
- Industry experience performing power system transient analysis using PSCAD/EMTDC or EMTP-RV
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