Senior Grid Innovation Engineer

Requisition # 172626

Job Category:
Engineering / Science

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit:
Strategy & Growth

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Location:

Oakland

Job Title:

Senior Grid Innovation Engineer

Job Code:

The Grid Innovation Delivery (GID) team is making the grid of the future a reality. The team scales new technologies and pilots into sustainable, 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 is the GID team’s primary product today. 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 has deployed and supports the operation of 18 RGs with plans to grow the fleet to two dozen in the next two years.

See the RG Program page and media coverage from the PG&E newsroom.

This Senior‑level Grid Innovation Delivery Engineer is an electrical engineering thought leader who builds the knowledge base and collaboratively develops innovative solutions to increase safety, reliability, decarbonization, and affordability. They develop new standards and process documentation to mature the program.

Grid Innovation Delivery Engineers take full ownership of each project’s technical execution throughout its lifecycle. They iterate on the project design with Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) vendors with attention to safety, customer need, environmental impacts, constructability, and maintenance. They analyze microgrid energy modeling and product sizing to ensure right‑fit solutions and compliance with technical and construction specifications, including approval of testing and Go‑Live operations.

Once a project is live, they continue to support Operations and Maintenance (O&M) through performance analytics, identification of operational improvements, and root‑cause investigations.

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 other Grid Innovation Engineers, PG&E groups (e.g. project management, environmental, asset management), and external partners. This is a well‑rounded engineering role with flexibility to leverage the applicant’s unique skillset to own specific responsibilities and pursue development opportunities.

Experience with electrical engineering design or civil engineering design is a plus.

This position is Hybrid, primarily working from a remote office within PG&E’s service territory. In‑person activities at PG&E’s new Oakland General Office are based on business needs, focusing on synchronous collaboration, affinity building, ideation, or planning activities (1‑2 times per week). The role will also require travel to sites throughout the PG&E service territory (about 6 times a year). After the first year, the role is eligible to apply for an alternative 9/80 schedule.

Project engineers rotate on‑call duties for operational projects to support engineering troubleshooting during rare system outages.

PG&E provides a salary range that reflects the locality of the job. The actual salary paid will be based on multiple factors including skills, education, licenses, certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. The range is a likely estimate rather than a guarantee of final compensation.

Salary range for Bay Area:
Minimum $122,000, Mid‑point $158,000, Maximum $194,000.

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

• Assist customers and PG&E stakeholders in assessing the viability and requirements to develop distributed energy technology projects
• Collaborate with external vendors, other utilities, manufacturers, and internal teams on advancing new distributed energy resources applications
• Understand the various data streams needed to model microgrid behavior
• Meet with…