Engineer, Power Systems Modeling and Analysis

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🕒 March 26

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Esri

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1969

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🔬 Science

Enterprise • SaaS • Science

Esri is a leading company in geographic information system (GIS) technology. It develops ArcGIS, a comprehensive geospatial platform that helps organizations understand, analyze, and manage geographical data. Esri's products include ArcGIS Online for SaaS mapping, ArcGIS Pro for advanced GIS capabilities, and ArcGIS Enterprise for robust data integration. The company's solutions are used across various industries such as architecture, engineering, education, natural resources, public safety, and more, providing tools for mapping, spatial analysis, and operational intelligence. Esri's technology facilitates infrastructure management, environmental justice efforts, and risk analytics, supporting both tactical and strategic decision-making for businesses and governments worldwide.

📋 Description

• Provide technical support to key reliability initiatives of the ERO Enterprise including the assessment of emerging risks on the BPS, and development of recommended practices to mitigate key risks. • Conduct power system modeling and studies and other engineering analyses to support the ERO efforts related to mitigating emerging reliability risks in the areas of grid transformation, extreme events, and the energy transition. • Provide technical expertise and support to cross-departmental initiatives such as power system analysis, event analysis, performance assessments, reliability assessments, and guidance for standards-related activities. • Perform power system reliability studies (power flow, transient stability, electromagnetic transient, short-circuit, etc.) to conduct assessments of BPS reliability, resilience, and security. • Perform Frequency Response Annual Analysis and support related automation efforts. • Conduct assessments and develop recommendations for industry action to ensure interconnection-wide model quality. • Support NERC’s risk mitigation strategy related to the reliable and resilient operation of the North American BPS by assessing impacts of emerging risks to the BPS. • Engage collaboratively with industry stakeholders to support proactive risk mitigation of emerging key risks to the BPS. • Study the impacts to BPS reliability with increasing levels of BPS-connected inverter-based resources, distributed energy resources, and other emerging technologies. • Engage and work with industry experts to develop recommended practices in this area. • Support Gas-Electric coordination initiatives, including gas-pipeline related analysis. • Support cross-departmental initiatives related to event analysis, reliability risk management, reliability assessments, performance analysis, and standards development. • Coordinate NERC and other industry stakeholder groups in an effective and efficient manner that provides a safe, inclusive, and diverse environment. • Prepare engineering analysis, studies, and assessments on BPS reliability issues and develop reports, guidelines, or other technical documents to support NERC initiatives. • Engage with engineering experts across different facets of industry to provide technical support, guidance, and engagement in support of NERC’s mission.

🎯 Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university. • Experience working with power system models and simulation tools; ability to independently conduct power system studies and develop reports of key findings and recommendations. • Understanding of power system fundamentals such as frequency control, balancing, ramping, voltage control, stability, inverter controls, and operation of the BPS. • Programming skills for development of analytical and automation tools to support power systems analysis functions. • Experience assessing the BPS reliability impacts of inverter-based resources, distributed energy resources, changing load composition, and other emerging technologies. • Willingness to think 'outside of the box' and work internally and externally with a diverse set of backgrounds and perspectives to develop novel and innovative ideas on difficult topics. • Ability to lead stakeholder groups in an effective, efficient, and inclusive manner. • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and publish technical reports. • Strong expertise and experience developing or assessing steady-state and dynamic models of BPS components. • Experience studying the reliability impacts of BPS-connected inverter-based resources and distributed energy resources. • Strong understanding of the drivers of the energy transition, and ability to lead initiatives to ensure reliable operation of the BPS under this rapid change. • Experience coordinating and/or leading large teams of industry experts on power system reliability, planning, modeling, or study-related topics. • Experience and strong understanding of NERC Reliability Standards. • A master’s degree or higher education in power system engineering with specialization in the areas of modeling, studies, and emerging technologies.

🏖️ Benefits

• Reimbursement of travel expenses will be in accordance with the company’s travel and expense reimbursement policies