Aspen Technology

Principal Power Systems Engineer

Aspen Technology$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering required; Master's preferred with Power Systems focus.
  • Extensive practical knowledge of energy transmission systems operations and optimization.
  • Experience in advanced power systems applications design and testing, such as State Estimator and Optimal Power Flow.
  • At least 7 years of relevant experience with IT and OT solutions in the power sector.
  • Strong communication, analytical, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor engineers, ensuring high performance through training and development.
  • Oversee daily operations and delegate tasks to meet project and department deadlines.
  • Design, integrate, and commission sophisticated control systems for electric utilities.
  • Evaluate contracts and define precise project requirements for engineering teams.
  • Communicate technical requirements effectively to both internal teams and customers.
  • Conduct customer training and support for power system applications.
  • Create documentation for projects, trainings, and system updates.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive career development programs
  • Support for community service projects
  • Opportunities for engaging social events across global teams
  • Mentorship programs for personal and professional growth
Full Job Description
The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways - from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role
In this role, the Principal Power Systems Engineer will technically lead and mentor other engineers in delivering complex designs that meet customer specifications. In this role, 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 management functions of OSI's control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from OSI'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, lead, coach and manage the performance of each direct report.
  • Supervise the daily operations and activities of the Power system engineering team and delegate work to meet overall department and project deadlines
  • 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 OSI 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 required. Master's degree preferred, with an emphasis in Power Systems
  • Detailed practical understanding of energy transmission systems, including operation, control, and optimization.
  • Applies extensive technical expertise and has a higher level of understanding of the basic principles of other related disciplines
  • Experience in designing, implementing, and testing advanced power systems applications including State Estimator, Contingency Analysis, Study Power Flow, model management, Optimal Power Flow, Stability Analysis, Forecasting, Operator Training Simulator and may have knowledge of other fields.
  • Strong technical background with the ability to apply knowledge spanning IT and OT solutions with at least 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Analyze, design, program, troubleshoot, recommend solutions, perform enhancements, provide technical support, and implement modifications associated with the transmission applications
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Superior organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
  • Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.

About Aspen Technology

Aspen Technology, Inc., known as AspenTech, is a provider of software and services for the process industries headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. AspenTech has 35 offices around the world, on all continents.
Learn more about Aspen Technology
Size
1,897 employees
Market Cap
$13.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$306.9 million
Founded
1981
5 Year Trend
-3.9%
Revenue
$688.5 million
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