Senior Controls Engineer
Job
Overview
- Power and Renewable Energy
- Engineering and Project Management
- Permanent
- California
We currently seek a Sr. Controls Engineer for our client on a direct hire basis in the US. The Sr. Controls Engineer will lead the implementation of BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) capable of ultra-fast response to dispatch commands and grid supply variations. This candidate should be familiar with power systems, utility generation, protection, and transmission systems, as well as modern industrial networks and utility communication protocols.
Job Requirements:
- Drafting and negotiating technical contract exhibits for fast response BESS plant controllers.
- Managing stakeholders, utilities, and suppliers to design and deliver fast response controllers.
- Verifying testing and commissioning of advanced BESS plant controllers.
- Mentoring team members and supervising work processes to ensure high-quality deliverables are developed within timeline and budget commitments.
- Developing new tools, implementing processes, providing feedback, and working with other stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement of the technology/engineering/delivery value stream.
Qualifications:
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively to internal and external audiences.
- A go-getter professional with a can-do attitude, setting aggressive and measurable goals, and ready to be evaluated against them.
- A dynamic professional capable of interacting positively and collaborating with a diverse group of people at all levels and disciplines. Must be able to engage with key clients, think on their feet, and make sound decisions within compressed timelines.
- Comfortable working in a collaborative and fluid environment.
- Excellent time management skills, able to balance multiple projects and prioritize a variety of issues, initiatives, and objectives concurrently.
- Disciplined and productive in an Agile environment.
- Willingness to learn and work with tools outside the traditional stack, such as Anvil, Deepnote, and others.
- A creative thinker, capable of developing novel solutions to established problems and evaluating their business benefits.
- Business-savvy, able to interact with both business and technical specifications.
- Willingness to travel up to 25%, including international travel.
- 8+ years of experience developing control software with a track record of successful production deployments.
- A degree in engineering relevant to the industry (Electrical Engineering preferred)
- Experience with power grids, power generation, and/or renewable integration control.
- Experience with utility market applications.
- Experience with DigSilent PowerFactory, EMTP, or other power systems modeling tools.
- Expertise in model-based control software development.
- Expertise in Git workflow.
- Experience with Linux.
- Programming:
- Scripting (Python, Batch).
- Relationship & time series databases.
- Writing automated tests.
- Jupyter, Deepnote.
- Experience with Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure.
To be Considered Candidates: Must be authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship***
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Location of Position: USA, Remote
Location Type: Remote
*Must have legal right to work in the United States. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
TRS Staffing Solutions are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome you to provide OFCCP data voluntarily here
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by governing law.
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