Staff Electrical Engineer - Digital Infrastructure

The Opportunity

As an Electrical Engineer , you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical specialist or in a lead role
• Apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses, with minimal supervision
• Continue building on knowledge to develop concepts and approach more complex engineering problems
• Provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on projects of low to medium complexity
• Be responsible for developing, validating, and presenting specialist/technical output.

The Team

Diode Ventures is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Black & Veatch that provides turnkey, end-to-end solutions for industrial, commercial and technology interests, including data centers and green energy solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Reports directly to Director of Power & Grid Strategy
• Performs generation and transmission capacity analyses to support infrastructure siting strategy
• Prepares large load interconnection applications for submission to utilities
• Maintains engagement with utilities to obtain project status updates and drive progress toward an executable energy supply agreement
• Analyzes, summarizes, and communicates utility requirements, study results, agreements, and regulations to project team and leadership
• Supports project team as a technical expert
• Proficient in the use of industry software, such as PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD, TARA

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data center load applications and load profiles 
• Experience with data center owner/operators 
• Experience with electric utilities processes and contracts
• Experience with public utility-scale projects can be considered in lieu of data center experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.