Principal Engineer

Description

• Provides technical leadership of subcontractor work and deliverables
• Participates in services estimation to support pricing for bid and in other parts of the bid response process, as required by bid structure
• Participates in the Build and Test phase of the project (configures and tests) and provides technical leadership of other team members to ensure delivery of the solution on plan and adhering to technical best practices.
• Documents requirements for custom development and works with custom development team to ensure requirements are met
• Supports proposals and participates in post bid activities including clarifications, support of short list presentation and supporting scope definition in contract development and negotiations
• Manages the expectations of the customer or business partner in coordination with PM
• Act as an SME on AMI implementation and integration projects as well as RFP responses.
• Acts as a technical expert supporting the Solution Architect in the design of the solution to meet the customer requirements
• Assists Project Manager with scope management, project planning, milestones and work and resource estimates
• Co-facilitates workshops, provides technical expertise and captures requirements
• Formally presents project deliverables to Client project team members at the end of design phase
• Mentor and develop other resources on the team
• Provides end-to-end technical oversight and assumes overall responsibility for the success and integrity of the technical solution
• Ensure that testing is being completed with high standards and on schedule. If the project doesn't have a separate QA team, then the SL will take ownership of the QA process to ensure the solution is thoroughly tested prior to SIT / UAT
• Develops and delivers onsite end user training, as needed

Requirements

• Extensive experience with utility industry and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) knowledge including but not limited to Meter Data Management Systems (MDMS), Customer Information Systems (CIS) and Head-End Systems (HES)
• Ability to interact with the client team including project sponsors and end users of the system
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis
• Power Distribution or Distribution Network experience
• Experience working with real-time systems and data connectivity is preferred.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, JavaScript
• Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• Collaborative nature and willing to share knowledge across broader team while contributing to reusable collateral
• Adheres to the TRC Software Implementation Delivery Methodology
• 15+ years working on projects involving integration between systems, writing SQL queries or similar, performing data mapping and data transformation.
• Experience with cloud technologies and microservice-based architecture
• Experience with Webservices, XML, SOAP, RESTful, etc.
• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Technology from an accredited school or university is required
• Experience: A minimum of 7 years of software delivery experience is required; 9+ years is preferred. Utility industry background is required
• Travel: Up to 50%
• Clear and timely communication internally and externally
• Experience with utility standards such as Multispeak, CIM 61968 / 61970, OpenADR, SEP2.0

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance