Power Systems Engineer

Longroad Energy is a renewable energy developer headquartered in Boston, MA, focused on wind and solar energy projects across North America. The Power Systems Engineer will collaborate with developers and project engineering experts to identify project sites, prepare interconnection applications, and study impacts to the utility grid, ensuring successful project transitions from development to commercial operations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide power systems technical support for wind, solar and battery storage projects in Longroad’s development pipeline
• Determine injection and/or charging capacity for proposed projects in coordination with the development team’s prospecting efforts
• Conduct transmission system analyses to identify optimal interconnection points and hosting capacity for new renewable energy projects across the U.S. grid, accounting for interconnection costs, reliability, and congestion
• Prepare interconnection application packages for new projects and provide technical support throughout the interconnection process including reviewing and validating interconnection study results, advising the project developer of risks arising from the generator interconnection process, supporting LGIA, PPA, and financing efforts, and coordinating with the EPC team throughout each project’s construction
• Track new developments in transmission planning processes in key markets and advise the development team of risks and opportunities that might arise
• Maintain a database of projects’ dynamic models throughout the development and construction phases and coordinate with asset management and NERC compliance teams as each project enters commercial operation

Requirements:

• BSEE in power systems from an accredited university
• 4 years of experience in electrical power systems engineering, transmission planning and/or transmission system operations
• Experience performing static and dynamic transmission system studies to support substation and transmission line planning and/or operation
• Experience performing static and dynamic transmission system studies with power system analysis applications such as PSS/E, PSLF, and/or TARA
• Knowledge of power plant design including main power transformers, collector systems, power plant controllers, and inverter based generating equipment
• Familiarity with NERC reliability standards and FERC open access policies
• Candidates may be required to travel up to 10% of the time
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain
• MSEE in power systems from an accredited university
• Direct experience in wind, solar or battery storage project system design, construction and operation
• Experience with interconnection agreements, power purchase contracts, electric power system regulatory compliance and energy market structures
• Experience in performing or familiarity with LMP-based market simulations using industry-standard production cost modeling tools (e.g., PROBE, PROMOD, PLEXOS)
• Experience or familiarity with high resolution models such as PSCAD
• Utility scale generation interconnection experience including process, requirements and implementation