Senior Power Systems Engineer

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The Role

Your Impact

In this role, the Senior Power Systems Engineer will work closely with customers to design, configure and implement advanced applications using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management monarch platform across power grids to deliver the advanced transmission, generation and distribution management functions of control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from company and customer sites as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Role Details

As a Senior Power Systems Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Design, plan, integrate, test and commission hardware and software requirements on customer systems.

• Design, integrate, test, and commission advanced control systems for electric utilities.

• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements.

• Communicate detailed requirements to internal departments as needed.

• Work directly with customers and remote engineering team members to understand requirements and communicate project plans.

• Perform customer training and consult on power system modelling to ensure the effective use and maintenance of a customer’s power system applications.

• Assist in creating project and product documentation as needed.

• Perform unit testing and tuning to ensure power system applications will meet customer and industry requirements.

• Support live customer systems using knowledge of power systems and application functionality with clear, logical thought processes.

• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation as needed.

• Stay up to date with the latest industry standards and trends.

What You'll Need

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation and Computer Science, Telecommunication, or equivalent years of relevant experience.

• Experienced project implementation or operational experience, preferably in the utility industry.

• Ability to travel to domestic and international customer sites. Flexibility may be discussed through the interview process.

• Experience with electrical utility control systems (SCADA, EMS, GMS, DMS, OMS, DERMS) or experience working in utility operations or engineering support or as a business analyst.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational and interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.

• Business Analysis and Change Management concepts and implementation.

• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.

AspenTech provides opportunities for career growth and development in the dynamic field of digital grid management. If you are passionate about enabling resilient, sustainable and intelligent grids of the future we encourage you to apply. Candidates with similar skills or experiences may be considered and training may be offered where needed. Applicants will be reviewed for this position as well as similar roles with varying skill requirements and/or years of experience.