Electrical Engineer II

# Electrical Engineer IIApply
** Job#: 3052058
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* Job Description:

** This position supports the Grid Operations and Planning Research area. A primary responsibility of this position is the development, maintenance, and application of power system digital twins to support grid planning, operations, technology evaluation, technology demonstration, training, and decision support. The engineer will support and, over time, lead research projects involving power system modeling and simulation, digital twin development, advanced analytics, visualization, and emerging grid technologies.

The position requires collaboration with utilities, research organizations, universities, national laboratories, and technology vendors to advance grid modernization initiatives and develop innovative solutions for the future electric grid.

Education Requirements
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university required.
• Concentration in Power Systems, Electric Energy Systems, Controls, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline preferred.

Job Responsibilities
• Develop, maintain, and apply power system digital twins to support grid planning, operations, technology evaluation, technology demonstration, training, and decision support.
• Build, validate, and enhance transmission and distribution system models using industry standard power system software tools.
• Conduct steady-state, dynamic, electromagnetic transient (EMT), and real-time simulation studies.
• Utilize PSSE, PSCADTM, and RTDS and/or OPAL-RT platforms to develop, validate, andapply digital twins, real-time simulations, and hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
• Integrate operational, planning, asset, and measurement data into digital twin environments and analytical applications.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and develop technical recommendations for utility applications.
• Support research projects, pilot deployments, technology demonstrations, and industry collaborations.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, publications, and project documentation.
• Present technical findings and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Technical)
Required
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Strong knowledge of electric power system analysis, modeling, simulation, and operation.
• Demonstrated experience developing and applying power system digital twins, including proficiency with PSSE and PSCADTM, and experience utilizing RTDS and/or OPAL-RT platforms for real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Experience conducting steady-state, dynamic, electromagnetic transient (EMT), and real-time simulation studies.
• Experience integrating operational, planning, asset, and measurement data into modeling,simulation, and analytical environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred
• Experience with synchrophasor technologies, PMUs, SCADA systems, EMS applications,DERMS platforms, or digital substations.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, C#, Java, or similar programming languages.
• Familiarity with databases, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications.
• Experience working with electric utilities, research organizations, national laboratories,universities, or technology vendors.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain licensure.  
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