Senior R&D Engineer

About the Role

Provides engineering, testing and analysis services and expertise across multiple disciplines to various company organizations to identify, diagnose and solve technical problems. Provides consultation to clients to proactively avoid future problems. Conducts inspections, failure analysis, performance assessments, and evaluations on a wide variety of systems and components. Partners with management to create bid proposals for requested client work. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need.

Department Overview

Electric Transmission & Distribution ensures the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The team is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of Transmission lines. Coworkers actively engage in the Lean Methodology through the use of visual management in operating reviews to cross-functionally identify and solve problems, and create standard work. Electric Transmission & Distribution is comprised of approximately 6,500 coworkers.

Responsibilities

• Provides some coaching and oversight to lower level peers. Reviews test designs of lower level peers to determine applicability, feasibility and if objectives of project will be obtained.
• Determines customer expectations and ensures project deliverables meet customer satisfaction objectives.
• Expands knowledge in other areas of specialty or discipline, developing breadth or further develops expertise and specialization on one area.
• Leads complex and innovative tests with assistance from higher level peers.
• Completes assignments of broad scope and complexity with few precedents or standards requiring integration of information from a variety of sources. Performs lead role in determining scope, schedule, budget and resources needed.
• Oversees assembly of technical systems and prototypes according to engineering standards and knowledge of related principles. This includes modifying prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations.
• Develops test protocols, models, technologies and analyzes data. Evaluates performance of parts, assemblies or systems under simulated operating conditions, and records results.
• Compiles project test results and prepares presentations, recommendations for client and/or ATS leadership.
• May represent PG&E at industry association meetings or seminars.
• Prepares estimates for client bid proposals with oversight senior peers and leadership.
• Prepares technical reports and specifications to identify, define, and solve problems. Modifies prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems to correct functional deviations. Continually identifies and executes testing or process improvements.
• Identifies innovations and cost-reduction potential of new and existing technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with emphasis in a discipline related to assignments (i.e., mechanical, civil or electrical engineering, etc.)
• Job-related experience: 5 years
• Travel required; frequency depends on assignment (10% - 75%)

Desired

• Master's Degree or equivalent experience
• PE-Professional Engineer license

Pay

Bay Area Minimum: $122,000; Bay Area Maximum: $194,000