Senior Power System Products Engineer

Job Summary:

The Senior Power System Products Engineer will serve as a key senior contributor in the strategic development, enhancement, and integration of innovative products, programs, and internal system technologies within the electric utility sector. This senior role draws on deep technical expertise in power systems to actively advance both customer-facing offerings and essential behind-the-scenes improvements. The engineer will play a pivotal role in cross-functional teams—providing technical guidance, driving initiatives, and collaborating to optimize assets, pilot emerging technologies (such as energy storage batteries, backup generators, EV charging infrastructure, and advanced grid solutions), and execute grid upgrades through integrated system planning, project prioritization, and technology deployment decisions. Success requires strategic vision, engineering proficiency, and alignment with regulatory requirements, customer needs, and regional economic development priorities to enhance efficiency, reliability, resilience, and long-term grid value.:

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Develop the end-to-end development, enhancement, and integration of electric utility products, programs, and internal system technologies, including customer-facing initiatives and non-customer infrastructure such as batteries, generators, EV chargers, smart grid enhancements, and advanced utility system planning solutions.

- Define, track, and analyze key performance metrics including adoption rates, energy savings, grid impact, reliability indices, and cost efficiencies.

- Manage multiple priorities across customer products/programs and internal system improvement projects, balancing short-term enhancements with long-term strategic roadmaps.

- Identify and pursue opportunities to upgrade existing technologies and integrate emerging solutions (e.g., battery energy storage systems, distributed generation, EV charging networks, demand response, and grid modernization tools) to boost efficiency, reliability, resilience, customer satisfaction, scalability, and overall system performance.

- Collaborate with engineering, operations, planning, regulatory, finance, marketing, and economic development teams to assess market and internal needs, conduct technical and economic feasibility studies, pilot innovative solutions, and support successful deployment.

- Evaluate emerging trends in energy storage, demand response, electrification (including EV infrastructure), distributed energy resources, grid technologies, and utility system planning to inform both product/program roadmaps and internal capital improvement strategies.

- Develop comprehensive business cases for new, improved, or internal system initiatives, including detailed cost-benefit analyses, ROI projections, net present value (NPV) calculations, risk assessments, and alignment with economic development goals.

- Ensure all developments comply with industry standards, utility regulations, safety requirements, and customer-centric principles while advancing grid reliability and supporting regional economic growth through infrastructure that enables new business attraction and load growth.

- Provide technical and financial leadership on non-customer-facing projects that strengthen the overall utility system, such as grid technology upgrades, generator integration for resilience, and energy storage solutions for peak management and renewable integration.

- Mentor junior engineers and technical staff, while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

- Participate in system emergencies, such as storm restoration, by scouting damage, coordinating restoration efforts by birddogging crews, or supporting technical assessments to minimize downtime and enhance system resilience.:

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline

- 10+ years of progressive related experience and/or training

- Technical proficiency in power systems, renewable integration, and energy modeling tools

Preferred

- A background in electric utility operations, planning, design, and technology.

- Protective relaying experience.

- Electrical power flow and capacity planning experience.

- Proficiency in GIS, CAD, and specific EPB packages (Enquesta, GTECH, GTViewer).:

Certification(s) Other Requirements:

- Possess and maintain a current, valid driver's license in state of residence and demonstrate safe and responsible operation of motor vehicles. Must be insurable under the company's insurance policy.

- Strategic thinking with the ability to translate technical concepts into viable business programs.

- Excellent project management skills.

- Strong analytical abilities for data-driven decision-making, including familiarity with tools like CYME, SCADA Systems, or energy simulation software.

- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills to interface with utilities, regulators, and customers.

- A high level of computer literacy is required, including databases, spreadsheets, and control systems.

- Proficient in database analysis and reporting tools helpful in retrieving and analyzing large amounts of data to reach conclusions and develop improvement plans.

- Project management skills, including budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder collaboration for cross-functional teams.:

Disclaimer:

May perform other duties as assigned. All employees, pursuant to their job duties, should demonstrate the behaviors of Professional Empowerment and comply with all EPB policies, standards, and guidelines. EPB provides electric and communications services, which are considered critical infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security. This EPB job is essential to support this critical infrastructure and may be required to work onsite or in the field to maintain these services.: