Principal Power Systems Engineer – Grid Integration & Power Electronics

Accountabilities

You will serve as a senior technical authority and trusted client advisor, leading sophisticated power systems studies while ensuring technical excellence, project quality, and successful delivery.

Technical Leadership & Grid Integration

• Lead complex power systems, grid interconnection, transmission planning, renewable energy, battery storage, inverter-based resource (IBR), power quality, and grid compliance studies.
• Establish study methodologies, assumptions, modeling approaches, and technical quality standards.
• Review, validate, and troubleshoot engineering models, serving as a final technical reviewer for key deliverables.
• Lead RMS and EMT modeling, model validation, and inverter-based resource performance assessments.
• Address complex grid integration challenges and develop technically sound recommendations for clients.

Client & Project Management

• Present and defend technical findings to clients, utilities, ISO/RTOs, regulators, and other industry stakeholders.
• Manage key client relationships, project scopes, schedules, budgets, and technical deliverables.
• Ensure projects meet agreed technical requirements, quality expectations, and delivery timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and support throughout project execution and client engagements.

Team Development & Business Growth

• Mentor engineers, review technical work, and support the development of engineering capabilities.
• Contribute to proposals, technical scopes, fee estimates, and business development initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen existing client relationships and support new project engagements.
• Stay informed about evolving FERC, NERC, IEEE, ISO/RTO, utility, and Canadian grid requirements.

Requirements

The ideal candidate combines extensive power systems engineering experience with advanced expertise in grid integration and inverter-based resources. You should be comfortable leading complex technical assignments, advising clients, mentoring engineers, and managing projects across a remote, multidisciplinary environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in the US and/or Canadian power sector, including senior technical or engineering leadership responsibilities.
• Strong expertise in inverter-based resource modeling, grid integration, and complex power systems studies.
• Advanced proficiency in at least two of the following platforms: PSCAD/EMTDC, PSS/E, GE PSLF, ASPEN, MATLAB/Simulink, or PowerGEM TARA.
• Practical experience with RMS and EMT modeling, simulation, and model validation.
• Proven ability to present and defend technical findings before clients, utilities, and other external stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and managing project scope, budgets, and schedules.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Authorization to work in the United States or Canada, or eligibility to obtain work authorization through employer-sponsored immigration support. Visa sponsorship is available for qualified candidates.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, M.Eng., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) license, or progress toward professional licensure.
• Experience with ISO/RTO interconnection queues and grid requirements.
• Knowledge of grid-forming inverters, weak-grid conditions, renewable-plus-storage systems, or large-load and data-center interconnections.
• Familiarity with NERC standards, IEEE 1547, IEEE 2800, FERC regulations, and Canadian grid operator requirements.
• Programming or automation experience using Python, C++, MATLAB, Excel VBA, R, or similar tools.
• Experience in proposal development, regulatory work, technical advisory services, or business development.

Work Environment & Schedule

• Fully remote position available to candidates based in the United States or Canada.
• Ability to collaborate across North American time zones.
• Availability for occasional domestic and international travel.
• Valid passport and ability to travel between the United States and Canada, where legally permitted.

Benefits

• Annual base salary of $175,000–$215,000 USD for US-based candidates.
• Compensation for Canada-based candidates adjusted to CAD according to location, experience, and qualifications.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings plan with employer contribution:
  • 401(k) with company contribution for US-based employees.
  • Group RRSP for Canada-based employees.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Professional licensure and continuing education support.
• Stock ownership opportunity, subject to eligibility and vesting requirements.
• Fully remote work arrangement.
• Opportunities to contribute to major renewable energy and grid modernization projects.