Senior R&TD Engineer II Mechanical Engineer

Summary

The Senior R&TD Engineer II plays a pivotal role in advancing NYPA's strategic vision by developing and implementing innovative technologies that enhance grid reliability, operational efficiency, and energy system performance. As a senior technical leader within NYPA's Research & Development organization, this position drives cutting edge projects in areas such as energy storage, gridenhancing technologies, advanced materials, and next generation power systems. The engineer will collaborate closely with internal teams, external research partners, and industry organizations to pilot new solutions, evaluate emerging technologies, and shape NYPA's contribution to New York State's clean energy goals.

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of innovation, handson engineering, and strategic impact. With significant autonomy, meaningful fieldwork, and a direct influence on NYPA's operational future, this position offers both challenge and visibility, making it an ideal next step for a highly motivated professional seeking to shape the evolution of the electric utility industry.

This role performs research, design, and development activities that enhance NYPA's energy services by designing, selecting, testing, evaluating, and implementing new technologies. It also ensures that all engineering activities meet NYPA's standards for quality, cost, safety, reliability, timeliness, and performance.

The Senior R&TD Engineer II is responsible for developing highly technical and innovative ideas, tools, and techniques that can reduce NYPA's operation and maintenance costs while improving the efficiency, reliability, and safety of its power systems. This work involves collaborating with NYPA's internal teams and external research and development partners to develop, implement, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies, tools, and engineering approaches.

• Initiate, design, and implement advanced generation and transmission technologies at NYPA facilities including, but not limited to energy systems, power plant systems, materials, structural analysis, transmission line inspection and monitoring devices, and unmanned aerial vehicles and robotics
• Provide original research on technical solutions to resolve generation and transmission problems at NYPA's facilities.
• Obtain significant levels of project co-funding by forming multidisciplinary teams to solicit, prepare and manage grant and cost share agreements to reduce program costs and build stakeholder support.
• Carry out work to implement innovative technology projects at NYPA sites and customer locations by specifying technical request for proposals to procure and install equipment and demonstrate new technology solutions.
• Review and rank contractor and consultant proposals as well as recommendations from colleagues and recommend project contract awards.
• Supervise the activities of contractors, including design and implementation, and procurement service contractors, prepare and monitor contractor performance and evaluation plans.
• Represent NYPA to develop, install, test, and evaluate new technologies. This may require the development and delivery of presentations outlining the technologies and innovations.
• Represent NYPA as a technical expert on industry committees and industry groups by preparing reports and presentations and coordinating project collaboration to leverage industry knowledge for NYPA and customer benefits.
• Manage the implementation of new technologies by leveraging in house technical expertise with industry knowledge and experience to provide technology solutions to NYPA's core business and its customers. Coordinate major projects across multiple engineering disciplines. Track and prepare status reports for all assigned projects. Project responsibility can be up to 10 or more projects, depending on the size and complexity of the projects and whether done in house or by implementation contractors.
  
  This will require project management as well as contract management expertise.
• Coordinate the work of less senior engineers and contractors and consultants in a particular area of program focus and activity. He/she will develop and evaluate plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities. Assesses the feasibility and soundness of the proposed engineering evaluation tests or equipment. Incumbent must be able to solve problems related to customer billing savings, design and construction issues.
• Develop and verify all financial and billing documentation relating to savings calculations supporting the cost-effective direct install projects.
• Prepare budget proposals, project scheduling and project reporting. Keep abreast of the latest technological developments, products and revisions in the electric utility industry. Must be able to provide technical leadership across NYPA in the areas of expertise: project management, power generation and transmission, energy storage, energy…