Senior Electrical Engineer, BESS

Disability Solutions - Alpharetta, GA

Full-time

Alpharetta, GA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Stryten Energy's Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) represents a significant advancement in the transition to clean energy capture and usage. This dynamic solution incorporates multiple battery chemistries, including hybrid options, to seamlessly integrate renewable energy sources, ensuring stable and dependable backup power. As part of the team, you will play a crucial role in bringing Stryten BESS systems to life, contributing to the development of a better and greener future. In this position, you will lead the preparation, review, and management of technical documentation for utility-scale BESS projects. This includes overseeing both conceptual and detailed design, specifications, and studies. You will be responsible for producing thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and drawings. Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of work activities with other multi-discipline project team members will be essential to your success. You will be accountable for ensuring that design activities comply with applicable codes and standards, policies, and procedures. This role also involves elaborating Design and Verification Plans and Reports, as well as conducting Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Supporting business planning and development will be a key aspect of your responsibilities, as will interfacing with internal stakeholders such as project managers, product engineers, and the sales team, as well as external stakeholders including contractors and end customers to ensure project success. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with software, electronics, mechanical, and other engineering teams, manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively, and coordinate tasks to meet project milestones and deliverables. Tracking issues and driving root cause identification and resolution with cross-functional teams will be part of your role, as will driving continuous improvement initiatives to identify opportunities for enhanced efficiency and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation, review, and management of technical documentation for utility scale BESS projects.
• Produce thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and drawings.
• Plan, organize, estimate, schedule, coordinate, and monitor work activities with other multi-discipline project team members.
• Provide design activities in accordance with applicable codes and standards, policies, and procedures.
• Elaborate Design and Verification Plans and Reports and conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
• Support business planning and development.
• Interface with internal stakeholders, such as project managers, product engineers, and sales team, as well as external stakeholders, contractors, and end customers to ensure project success.
• Procure electrical subcomponents such as inverters, EMS, FACP, safety subsystems, cabling, and more.
• Submit design and progress reports for grant projects.
• Collaborate closely with software, electronics, mechanical, and other engineering teams.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively, coordinating tasks to meet project milestones and deliverables.
• Track issues and drive root cause identification and resolution with cross-functional teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for enhanced efficiency and innovation.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechanical Engineering required.
• 3+ years experience working with battery energy storage and battery management systems (BMS).
• 1+ years Power electronics design experience.
• Working knowledge of BESS standards and UL codes.
• Experience with programming languages, Modbus, and SCADA systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Customer focus
• Creativity
• Functional or Technical skills
• Timely decision making
• Problem solving
• Drive for results