Power Systems Engineer II
Aspen Technology - Medina, MN
posted 3 days ago
About the position
AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. Digital Grid Management (DGM's) Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) is an exponentially high growth area of our organization that unlocks an electric distribution utility's ability to monitor, manage, control, and optimize the grid. As a DMS, Power Systems Engineer you will be involved in all aspects of the successful delivery of systems to our customers. You will be highly engaged with our customers leading efforts to design, build, configure, troubleshoot, and test the deployment of our systems. This position gives you broad exposure to the entire ADMS and will focus on advanced applications such as Distribution Power Flow (DPF), Fault Location Isolation & Service Restoration (FLISR), and Volt/VAR Control & Optimization (VVC/VVO). In this role, you will be a primary point of contact with our customers throughout and after the project lifecycle. You will have the opportunity to work across functional teams including other ADMS Application Engineers, the Architecture & Product Solution teams, and our Software Development organization. You will be reporting to an ADMS Delivery Lead or Manager.
Responsibilities
- Technical leadership and face of AspenTech DGM for projects in the ADMS portfolio.
- Implementation of control systems at electric utilities that improve their efficiency to operate the modern grid while ensuring contract requirements and specifications are met.
- Lead and participate in design, planning, and execution of ADMS projects.
- Provide technical direction to engineers during the execution of ADMS projects.
- Installation and configuration of advanced distribution management applications such as Distribution Power Flow (DPF), Fault Location Isolation & Service Restoration (FLISR), and Volt/VAR Control & Optimization (VVC/VVO).
- Lead testing events with the customer.
- Work closely with AspenTech DGM development teams to troubleshoot, prioritize, and test product changes.
- Interface with the utility's Geographic Information System (GIS) teams to extract, translate, and load the electrical network model to the Distribution Management System.
- Configure and integrate software components to meet contract requirement specifications and test with customers.
- Train customers on how to operate the systems being delivered.
- Provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve issues observed on live systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical field.
- Minimum of 3 years of project engineering/management work experience.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
- Experience in one or more of the following: power systems, electric utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, client/server applications, network communications, UNIX / Linux / Windows operating systems, experience in software programming and scripting (Python, C / C++).
- Experience in Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra) and JSON, XML.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Charitable giveback day
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Retirement benefits
