Senior, Advanced Application Engineer

Requisition # 169995

Job Category:
Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit:
Operations - Other

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Location:

Oakland;
Alameda;
Alta;
American Canyon;
Angels Camp;
Antioch;
Auberry;
Auburn;
Avenal;
Avila Beach;
Bakersfield;
Balch Camp;
Bay Point;
Bear Valley;
Belden;
Bellota;
Belmont;
Benicia;
Berkeley;
Brentwood;
Brisbane;
Buellton;
Burney;
Buttonwillow;
Calistoga;
Campbell;
Canyon Dam;
Canyondam;
Capitola;
Caruthers;
Chico;
Clearlake;
Clovis;
Coalinga;
Colusa;
Concord;
Concord;
Corcoran;
Cottonwood;
Cupertino;
Daly City;
Danville;
Davis;
Dinuba;
Downieville;
Dublin;
Emeryville;
Eureka;
Fairfield;
Folsom;
Fort Bragg;
Fortuna;
Fremont;
French Camp;
Fresno;
Fresno;
Fulton;
Garberville;
Geyserville;
Gilroy;
Goodyear;
Grass Valley;
Guerneville;
Half Moon Bay;
Hayward;
Hinkley;
Hollister;
Holt;
Huron;
Jackson;
Kerman;
King City;
Lakeport;
Lemoore;
Lincoln;
Linden;
Livermore;
Lodi;
Loomis;
Los Banos;
Lower Lake;
Madera;
Magalia;
Manteca;
Manton;
Mariposa;
Martell;
Marysville;
Maxwell;
Menlo Park;
Merced;
Meridian;
Millbrae;
Milpitas;
Modesto;
Monterey;
Montgomery Creek;
Morgan Hill;
Morro Bay;
Moss Landing;
Mountain View;
Napa;
Needles;
Newark;
Newman;
Novato;
Oakdale;
Oakhurst;
Oakley;
Olema;
Orinda;
Orland;
Oroville;
Palo Alto;
Palo Cedro;
Paradise;
Parkwood;
Paso Robles;
Petaluma;
Pioneer;
Pismo Beach;
Pittsburg;
Placerville;
Pleasant Hill;
Point Arena;
Potter Valley;
Quincy;
Rancho Cordova;
Red Bluff;
Redding;
Richmond;
Ridgecrest;
Rio Vista;
Rocklin;
Roseville;
Round Mountain;
Sacramento;
Salida;
Salinas;
San Bruno;
San Carlos;
San Francisco;
San Francisco;
San Jose;
San Luis Obispo;
San Mateo;
San Rafael;
San Ramon;
San Ramon;
Sanger;
Santa Cruz;
Santa Maria;
Santa Nella;
Santa Rosa;
Selma;
Shaver Lake;
Sonoma;
Sonora;
South San Francisco;
Springville;
Stockton;
Storrie;
Taft;
Tracy;
Turlock;
Twain;
Ukiah;
Vacaville;
Vallejo;
Walnut Creek;
Wasco;
Watsonville;
West Sacramento;
Wheatland;
Whitmore;
Willits;
Willow Creek;
Willows;
Windsor;
Winters;
Woodland;
Yuba City

Join a high-performing, and dynamic team shaping the future of PG&E’s electrical grid – delivering reliably, safe, affordable, and clean energy to our customers and communities. The Grid Operations, Applications, and Transformation (GOAT) team is dedicated to implementing and maintaining PG&E’s Operational Technologies supporting Grid and Distribution Control Centers.

These platforms include the Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), a foundational component of a sustainable energy future and the Grid of Tomorrow.

We are seeking accomplished, integrity-driven, diverse, and collaborative individuals to join us as a Senior Advance Applications Engineer.

The Senior Advanced Applications Engineer will support GOAT’s Product Owners in the development and day‑to‑day support of Grid Control and ADMS Advanced Applications. Example applications include Load Flow, State Estimation, FLISR (Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration, Volt/VAR Optimization, Dynamic Protection, Switching Management, Outage Management, and system automation schemes. The successful candidate will be a key contributor, partnering closely with Engineering, Grid Operations, IT stakeholders, and the system vendors.

This role offers the opportunity to help build new solutions and support system architecture for a leading‑edge technology initiative that enhances Transmission Grid Applications, SCADA, Outage Management, Advanced Applications within ADMS and Distributed Energy Resource Management capabilities across PG&E’s electric grid. Responsibilities span requirements gathering, system design, evaluation, deployment, and ongoing support. Strong organizational, communication, and business analysis skills are essential to understand user needs, align them with vendor capabilities, and drive team consensus.

Once the applications are operational, this role will also influence the design of support and operations teams.

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…