Engineer III

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The Client is a leading electric utility in the United States, serving millions of customers across central, coastal, and Southern California. The Company provides electricity transmission and distribution services, supporting residential, commercial, and industrial customers across the region. It focuses on grid modernization, energy management, and infrastructure reliability to ensure consistent power delivery. The Client also drives clean energy adoption, electrification initiatives, and wildfire mitigation efforts, serving customers across its service territory.

Job Title: Engineer III


Work Location: Chestnut Street, Westminster, CA


Job Duration: 18 Months


Job Type: Temporary Assignment


Work Schedule:Hybrid


Shift: M-F (8-5)

Job Description:

• Thorough knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advance engineering principles necessary to perform very complex or unique assignments for a specific discipline, various installations, or services
• Typically possesses eight or more years engineering experience.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Must be capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.
• This position requires an experienced and competent individual capable of successfully solving difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Must be capable of devising new approaches to problems encountered.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:

• The Engineer will support the validation, testing, and deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) 2.0 metering solutions.
• This role involves cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure technical feasibility, interoperability, and quality assurance of metering systems and applications.

Technical & Vendor Engagement

• Support validation of AMI 2.0 metering solution hardware and functionality.
• Collaborate with metering vendors on solution development and enhancements.
• Support troubleshooting deployment support of AMI 2.0 technologies.

Testing & Evaluation

• Conduct functionality and hardware specification testing of qualified metering solutions.
• Support integration and system testing of metering solutions and grid management applications.
• Troubleshoot customer applications and field tools.
• Field Readiness & Deployment Support
• Support AMI 2.0 Field Test pilot for foundational use cases.
• Create procedures and job aids for Field Technicians and Meter Operations.
• Support change management and coordination with stakeholders during pre-deployment.

Required Skills/Attributes

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in metering systems, smart grid technologies, or related engineering roles.
• Strong understanding of AMI systems, interoperability standards, and testing methodologies.
• Experience working lab environments and with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Minimum Years of Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in metering systems, smart grid technologies, or related

Desired Skills/Attributes

• Familiarity with utility operations and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience with field deployment and technician support.
• Knowledge of wireless communication protocols and IT integration.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.