Electrical Engineer II

Job Tittle : Electrical Engineer II

Location: Birmingham, Alabama (Onsite)

Role Overview

This position supports the Grid Operations and Planning Research area. A primary responsibility of this position is the development, maintenance, and application of power system digital twins to support grid planning, operations, technology evaluation, demonstration, training, and decision support. The engineer will support and lead research projects involving power system modeling and simulation, digital twin development, advanced analytics, visualization, and emerging grid technologies. The position requires collaboration with utilities, research organizations, universities, national laboratories, and technology vendors to advance grid modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and apply power system digital twins to support grid planning, operations, technology evaluation, and decision support.
• Build, validate, and enhance transmission and distribution system models using industry-standard power system software tools.
• Conduct steady-state, dynamic, electromagnetic transient (EMT), and real-time simulation studies.
• Utilize PSS®E, PSCAD™, and RTDS® and/or OPAL-RT® platforms to develop, validate, and apply digital twins, real-time simulations, and hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
• Integrate operational, planning, asset, and measurement data into digital twin environments and analytical applications.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and develop technical recommendations for utility applications.
• Support research projects, pilot deployments, technology demonstrations, and industry collaborations.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, publications, and project documentation.
• Present technical findings and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Education: A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university is required.

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience developing and applying power system digital twins.
• Experience conducting steady-state, dynamic, electromagnetic transient (EMT), and real-time simulation studies.
• Experience integrating operational, planning, asset, and measurement data into modeling, simulation, and analytical environments.

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of electric power system analysis, modeling, simulation, and operation.
• Proficiency with PSS®E and PSCAD™, and experience utilizing RTDS® and/or OPAL-RT® platforms for real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• A concentration in Power Systems, Electric Energy Systems, Controls, or Computer Engineering.
• Experience with synchrophasor technologies, PMUs, SCADA systems, EMS applications, DERMS platforms, or digital substations.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, C#, Java, or similar programming languages.
• Familiarity with databases, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications.
• Experience working with electric utilities, research organizations, national laboratories, universities, or technology vendors.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or the ability to obtain licensure.

Compensation & Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is available to eligible employees.

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