Responsibilities

Amperesand is seeking a Staff or Sr. Staff Applications Engineer, Grid Integration to join the Deployment team as the primary technical authority on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects. You’ll be the primary Amperesand interface for any external organizations working on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects such as EPCs and Utilities. You’ll partner closely with the Product team and Controls team to validate and develop our PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models. You’ll utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study facility architectures and develop reference architectures. You’ll own the customer-sharable electrical system model package, and guide customers in usage of the models. Additionally, you’ll be a key customer interface in evaluating new product application opportunities and lead our investigation of intergration with (or obfuscation of) neighboring medium voltage electrical infrastructure. You’ll be the strategic lead identifying and defining product applications in the Utility sector while tracking Utility sector trends such as large load flexibility. You’ll partner with our Product and Compliance team to ensure Amperesand products meet applicable Utility/ISO/RTO requirements such as ride-through requirements. You’ll interface with national laboratories and other researchers and author technical whitepapers. You’ll occasionally provide on-site oversight of product deployment to ensure product installation and integration success. In this role, you will set the direction and the strategy for chasing opportunities in your domain of ownership. You’ll enjoy high levels of autonomoy, responsibility, and leadership visibility.
Act as Amperesand’s primary technical authority on all subjects related to grid intergration and interconnection, interfacing with Utilities, EPCs, and customer teams.
Validate the PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models produced by the Controls team, ensuring EMT models agree with EMS, ensuring they work for representative system architectures, and ensuring they meet the requirements set by the Product team.
Utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study, develop, and optimize reference architectures applicable to Amperesand’s customer base.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical package including documentation, test results, and electrical system models to be utilized by Amperesand customers, EPCs, and Utilities. Guide these entities in the usage of the this technical package, ensuring smooth interconnection of all Amperesand projects.
Interact with Utilities, National Labs, researchers to analyze the utility sector and be a leading strategic voice on how to address needs in the Utility sector.
Partner with Amperesand’s Policy lead to track policy changes related to large load connections, including load flexibility requirements, and translate implications into technical and product guidance.
Support Amperesand’s product team to catalog product requirements related to grid connections, including ride-through requirements, grid codes, etc.
Partner with Amperesand Sales, Customer Programs, Product, Engineering, Compliance teams to land projects, then ensure product deployment excellence.
What You’ll Bring
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
Proficiency with PSCAD and PSSE (and/or comparable EMT/phasor-domain simulation tools).

Staff Applications Engineer-Grid Integration at Amperesand · LumiJobs

Staff Applications Engineer-Grid Integration

Responsibilities

Qualification

Preferred

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Company

Amperesand

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