Senior Principal Power Systems Engineer

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.

The RoleIn this role, the Senior Principal Power Systems Engineer will technically lead and mentor other engineers in delivering complex designs that meet customer specifications. You will provide the technical expertise and engineering leadership needed to support current products and help define the future product development opportunities across power grids to deliver the advanced transmission and generation management functions of DGM’s control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from AspenTech’s Medina office, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery and product management excellence in support of utility customers in the energy management industry.Your Impact

• Train, develop, and lead in daily operations and activities of the Power Systems engineering team.
• 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 modeling 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 DGM 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical field.  Master’s degree with an emphasis in Power Systems preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of power systems, project engineering, or related technical project implementation experience required.
• Ability and flexibility to travel up to 25% to domestic and international customer sites.
• Strong technical background with the ability to apply knowledge spanning transmission and generation power system management solutions required. Practical understanding of energy management systems, including operation, control, and optimization.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills; analytical and problem-solving skills; commitment to providing superior customer service; and ability to multi-task on several projects in a fast-paced environment are required.

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