Power Systems Engineering Analyst

$100,000 - $150,000/Yr

Anser - Coffeyville, KS

Full-time

Coffeyville, KS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Power Systems Engineering Analyst at ANSER plays a crucial role in supporting energy resilience efforts for the Department of Defense (DoD) installations and facilities. This position involves conducting systems analysis to identify gaps between infrastructure and operational requirements, executing live exercises to test energy and cyber resilience, and collaborating with a small team of experts to develop innovative solutions for power systems. The role requires significant travel to various DoD installations to assess capabilities and improve system security and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of cross-disciplinary analysts, scientists, and engineers to understand existing power systems, their capabilities, drawbacks, risks, and needs.
• Perform analysis and synthesize findings from risk and gap identification to identify technology, process, or policy needs; and to develop new power system designs.
• Analyze and develop architectures, software, and security controls to increase the resilience of energy control systems that interface with microgrid equipment, protection relays, generators, critical loads, batteries, solar, and power converters.
• Work hands-on with existing power system control system platforms to develop algorithms, perform data analysis, interface software with hardware devices, and manage the resulting data.
• Travel to Department of Defense installations to determine existing capabilities, design mission and system tests, and improve the security and resilience of those systems.

Requirements

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or a bachelor's degree with 2-5+ years of work experience.
• Experience and interest in the operation of power system devices and the bulk electric power grid, in the controls systems that operate those devices, and methods to increase resilience to natural, man-made, and climate-induced failures.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Familiarity with electrical power systems infrastructure, equipment, operations, and documentation (e.g., one-line diagrams, load flow, transmission and distribution topology).
• Familiarity with other utility infrastructure systems (e.g., communications, water, pipelines).
• Experience with real-time hardware and simulation platforms, power system simulation tools, and industrial control system protocols.
• Knowledge of system programming languages.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to work effectively with a high level of uncertainty and conflicting or limited information.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technical areas and apply that knowledge to solve challenging problems.
• The ability to clearly present complicated technical concepts to a wide range of audiences.

Benefits

• Base pay ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 annually based on experience and market location.