Sr. Power Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain technical design standards, including basis-of-design documents and specifications for use from early development through construction and operations.
• Develop a formal EPC design-review protocol, including review of design change requests with cost and schedule impact analysis.
• Support preliminary DC and AC design: substation layout, metering, PV configurations, single-line diagrams, and site output reports.
• Career high-voltage electrical design: collector substations (up to 500kV), gen-tie lines, switchgear, transformers, protection and controls, and revenue metering.
• Review single-line and three-line diagrams, protection coordination studies, grounding designs, relay settings, short circuit analysis, load flow studies, and arc flash analysis.
• Support interconnection processes including system impact and facilities study review; ensure NERC, IEEE, NEC, and NESC compliance.
• Own technical evaluation, specification, and design review of BESS systems: DC architecture, power conversion, thermal management, and fire/life safety.
• Define owner's requirements for BESS integration with solar and grid interconnection, including dispatch logic, state-of-charge management, and warranty-compliance operating envelopes.
• Review BESS vendor submittals and EPC integration designs; support commissioning, performance testing, and degradation monitoring.
• Serve as (or directly oversee) Owner's Engineer function during construction: site visits, QA/QC support, RFI resolution, change order review, and commissioning of HV, SCADA, and BESS systems.
• Facilitate design meetings, technical workshops, and constructability reviews; track and resolve technical issues across disciplines.
• Maintain equipment specifications across Development, Pre-Construction, Procurement, and Construction teams; manage OEM relationships for key electrical and BESS components.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7-10 years of experience in utility-scale solar and/or battery energy storage, with direct involvement across multiple project lifecycle stages (development, design, construction, commissioning)
• Deep technical proficiency in the following: project engineering lifecycle, HV substation design (69kV–500kV), protection and controls, SCADA/plant controls architecture, solar and BESS design and integration, interconnection engineering
• Direct involvement with minimum 2 constructed utility-scale (>75 MW) solar and BESS projects or high voltage substations connected to renewable facility
• Demonstrated experience functioning as or directly supporting an Owner's Engineer
• Hands-on experience with EPC design review, construction submittals, and commissioning processes
• Working knowledge of NERC, IEEE, NEC, and NESC standards as applied to generation facilities
• Ability to translate between commercial objectives and engineering constraints; demonstrated ability to engage with development, origination, procurement, and construction teams (not just engineering peers)
• Superior information management and organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• P.E. license (preferred Utah, Idaho, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon)
• Experience with hybrid or co-located solar-plus-storage configurations and associated market participation structures
• Experience managing or coordinating third-party engineers (IEs, owner's engineers, specialty consultants)
• Background in establishing or formalizing engineering processes, standards libraries, or design review protocols within a growing organization
• Familiarity with WECC and CAISO/EDAM market rules, settlement mechanics, or resource adequacy frameworks