Senior Power Systems Engineer

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

In this role, the Senior Power Systems Engineer will work closely with customers to design, configure and implement advanced applications using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management monarch platform across power grids to deliver the advanced transmission, generation and distribution management functions of control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from company and customer sites as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Your Impact

• Design, plan, integrate, test and commission hardware and software
  requirements on customer systems.
• Design, integrate, test, and commission advanced control systems for electric utilities.
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements.
• Communicate detailed requirements to internal departments as needed.
• Work directly with customers and remote engineering team members to
  understand requirements and communicate project plans.
• Perform customer training and consult on power system modelling to ensure the effective use and maintenance of a customer’s power system applications.
• Assist in creating project and product documentation as needed.
• Perform unit testing and tuning to ensure power system applications will meet customer and industry requirements.
• Support live customer systems using knowledge of power systems and
  application functionality with clear, logical thought processes.
• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation as needed.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry standards and trends.

What You'll Need

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation and Computer Science, Telecommunication, or
  equivalent years of relevant experience.
• Experienced project implementation or operational experience, preferably in the utility industry.
• Experience with electrical utility control systems (SCADA, EMS, GMS, DMS, OMS, DERMS) or experience working in utility operations or engineering support
• Experience with network modelling and simulation tools such as PSSE, PowerFactory, Etap or similar

Soft Skills Required

• Excellent organization, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
• Ability to work on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites. Flexibility may be discussed through the interview process.