Lead Power Systems Engineer

Summary

AGILe, NYPA’s Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy, provides a specialized environment for testing and validating emerging grid technologies. The candidate’s expertise should align with AGILe’s objectives, ensuring effective contributions to the lab’s efforts in modeling, simulation, and real-time testing to support the evolving power grid.

The selected candidate will lead research, design, and development efforts to improve NYPA’s energy services, test and operate power system equipment, and ensure compliance with standards while optimizing cost, safety, and reliability. This role requires hands-on experience with power system modeling across both electromagnetic transient (EMT) and positive sequence domains, as well as direct experience with real-time simulation platforms and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds.

The ideal candidate will also have familiarity with utility operations, including transmission planning, interconnection processes, and various generation technologies such as hydroelectric power and inverter-based resources (IBRs). While expertise in every area is not required, the candidate should demonstrate proficiency across a combination of these domains. Additionally, familiarity with FPGA-based architectures and AI/ML applications in power systems is highly valued, contributing to advanced analytical capabilities and real-time processing within AGILe’s testing and research environment.

Responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Education, Experience and Certifications

Physical Requirements

The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation. The estimated salary range for this position is: $106,080.00 - $145,860.00 . The salary offered will be determined based on the successful candidates’ relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The New York Power Authority and Canal Corporation believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents and veterans to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, NYPA/Canals is committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect communities across New York and enthusiastically serve them. We proudly celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race/color, creed/religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, disability, military status, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy and related conditions, familial/marital status, domestic violence victim status, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest/criminal conviction record or any other category protected by law.

NYPA/Canals will also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process related to candidates’ disabilities, pregnancy-related conditions, religious observances/practices and/or domestic violence concerns. To request an accommodation, please email  accessibility@nypa.gov .