Design Engineer - Dynamic Studies and Modeling

Ulteig is currently seeking a talented and motivated Design Engineer to support dynamic power system studies within the Renewables – Electrical department. This role focuses on developing and testing renewable energy models, performing dynamic system studies, and collaborating with clients to meet grid and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Develop PSSE, PSLF, TSAT and PSCAD models of renewable plants
• Perform model quality tests and model benchmarking for various software models
• Understand dynamic model block diagrams and tune parameters to meet regional model performance requirements
• Support interconnection applications; tasks include preliminary plant design, assemble simple preliminary drawings, and completing application forms with design information
• Conduct some preliminary system studies, like reactive power studies
• Work closely with the developer clients to understand their needs, deadlines, changes in design and address feedback from the system operator/transmission owner
• Understand and stay apprised of updates with various regional requirements for interconnection applications, processes, deadlines and queue schedules
• Respond quickly to customer design changes, questions and deadlines, and maintain a flexible attitude towards the work
• Stay current with regulatory changes, new grid codes, and evolving ISO/RTO requirements related to grid interconnections
• Conduct voltage and frequency ride through studies, and support model validation for renewable projects to support NERC compliance standards
• Stay up to date on new industry guidance and standards for modeling and NERC compliance for relevant technologies
• Help develop tools to automate and streamline model quality tests and analyses

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required, ABET accredited program, or equivalent required
• A minimum of 2 years of working experience, with at least 1 years of experience directly related to power systems
• Experience with steady-state analysis and/or dynamic analysis utilizing PSS®E and PSCAD
• Independently completes assigned tasks required
• Actively manages individual workload, adapts to changing requirements, maintains flexibility
• Must be a self-starter and willing to identify improvements and implement them, utilizing support from others
• Must be comfortable asking questions to team when learning new skills
• Must be analytical, self-motivated, and possess the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive, enthusiastic attitude
• Excellent presentation and verbal/written communications skills
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, clients and external agencies
• Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement
• Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S
• Prior experience working with/for transmission system operators/transmission owners (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, etc.)
• Experience with PSCAD, PSLF and TSAT modeling
• Experience with programming in Python