Grid Modeling Technical Lead Engineer

Duties Shape the Future of the Northwest Power Grid

Advance your career within the Bonneville Power Administration and become a critical force in ensuring the economic prosperity and environmental sustainability of the Pacific Northwest. This is a unique opportunity for an internal candidate to step into the role of Grid Modeling Technical Lead Engineer, becoming the agency's ultimate authority on the models that underpin our region's reliable power supply.

As the Grid Modeling Technical Lead Engineer, you will have the delegated technical authority and responsibility to steer BPA's modeling efforts. Your work will directly influence regional energy policy, support the integration of new technologies, and ensure the stability of the transmission system that serves millions.

• Serve as BPA's foremost technical expert and lead advisor on all aspects of power system modeling, with full authority and responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the agency's grid models.
• Provide definitive guidance to BPA executives, federal partners, regional utilities, and regulatory bodies (including DOE, FERC, and NERC), shaping critical decisions that affect the entire Western Interconnection.
• Represent BPA as a recognized authority at national and international conferences and on technical committees, influencing industry-wide standards and practices in power system modeling.
• Pioneer new modeling techniques, tools, and procedures to solve complex and unprecedented challenges, ensuring BPA remains at the forefront of grid technology and reliability.
• Perform final technical oversight and provide approval for all power system models and studies created by the grid modeling team, mentoring others and guaranteeing the integrity of the team's work.
• Act as the primary technical liaison to neighboring utilities and regional organizations, leading collaborative efforts to build a seamless and accurate model of the interconnected power grid.

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.

• Selectee will be required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE
  450e) within 30 days of employment and annually.
• After employment, this position may be subject to periodic physical examinations, as prescribed by competent medical authority and at BPA expense, if exposed to health hazards.

Degree:
Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress–strain relationships);

(c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

• OR:
• Combination of Education and Experience – college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
• Professional Registration or Licensure – Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
• Written Test – Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)…