Sr. Grid Innovation Engineer

Job Category:
Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit:
Electric Engineering

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Location:

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The System Performance, Reliability and Resiliency Strategy department within the overall Electric Transmission and Distribution Engineering organization is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the resources necessary to successfully execute PG&E’s Electric Reliability Strategy and initiatives. This team of forward‑thinking individuals will be tasked with deploying technology and infrastructure and influencing the organization to achieve the company’s reliability goals. The team is responsible for implementing programs required to modernize the electric grid allowing for safe, resilient and efficient operations.

The department participates in a cross‑functional team of internal and consulting participants being tasked with leading the transition of a project from development and testing to being operational for each phase of each project. The role will be part of a technically focused, cross‑functional team of engineers and data scientists to develop engineering solutions to improve the resilience and reliability of PG&E’s electric grid by leveraging high‑resolution data from sources such as synchro phasors, SCADA, load flow studies, stability analyses, and asset health systems.

This summary describes both represented and not represented work, but the specific work and responsibilities for the position is only the work listed below under Job duties and tasks.

• 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 model 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.
• Assist in assessments of…