Senior Application Engineer

Description

• Perform analysis, design and development of engineering solutions and equipment specification studies and provide technical consulting services to customers.
• Work in a lab setting to support hands-on design, manufacturing, settings, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of specialty or custom protection and control hardware equipment.
• Effectively communicate with internal and external clients and plant staff by preparing written detailed and summary reports and making presentations describing analyses performed, solutions developed, and customer value propositions.
• Lead and support the manufacturing and fulfilment process of hardware equipment including equipment and vendor evaluation, procurement, inventory, preparation of bill of materials, O&M manual, shipment, etc.

Requirements

• Understanding of controls concepts for grid-interactive power systems equipment and controls
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Familiarity with power system protection relay application, protection coordination, relay settings development and programming.
• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Schenectady, NY
• Familiarity with product design life cycle, including factory acceptance, witness, and commissioning testing.
• Experience with power equipment modeling and simulation in key software analytic tools such as ETAP, EasyPower, ATP, PSLF, PSS/E, MATLAB, DigSilent PowerFactory, Python, and PSCAD.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, electric power engineering or related field with a minimum of 8 years of experience
• Understanding of generators, transformers, circuit breakers, generator protection, closed loop voltage regulator controls, governor and power/frequency control, arresters, shunt and series applications of capacitors, synchronous condensers, power electronic converters for renewable energy (wind and solar) and industrial applications.
• Familiarity with design and development of single line and three line wiring diagrams and AC/DC schematics.
• Previous experience with design, manufacturing, settings, installation, testing and maintenance of unique or custom protection and control equipment.
• Willingness and ability to travel (up to 20%) domestic and internationally.
• Strong project management skills.
• Advanced degree in electrical, mechanical, or electric power engineering
• Familiarity with low voltage electrical equipment design, modification, instrumentation, and PLC controllers.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance