Sr Power Systems Engineer II

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

Digital Grid Management (DGM), An AspenTech Business, is a fast-paced, growing, high technology company, headquartered in Medina, Minnesota. As a world leader in the Operations Technology (OT) field, DGM develops and supplies state-of-the-art energy management, optimization and control software solutions to energy utility companies worldwide.

Your Impact

• Technical leadership and face of Aspentech  for projects in the ADMS portfolio.
• Implementation of control systems at electric utilities that improve their efficiency to operate the modern grid while ensuring contract requirements and specifications are met.
• Participate in design, planning, and execution of ADMS projects.
• Installation and configuration of advanced distribution management applications such as Distribution Power Flow (DPF), Fault Location Isolation & Service Restoration (FLISR), and Volt/VAR Control & Optimization (VVC/VVO) and OMS.
• Support testing events with the customer.
• Work closely with Aspentech development teams to troubleshoot, prioritize, and test product changes.
• Interface with the utility’s Geographic Information System (GIS) teams to extract, translate, and load the electrical network model to the Distribution Management System.
• Configure and integrate software components to meet contract requirement specifications and test with customers. 
• Train customers on how to operate the systems being delivered.
• Provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve issues observed on live systems.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 5 to 8 years of experience in SCADA / DMS / OMS software applications or related power systems engineering.
• Experience with geo-spatial processing software (GIS) including building tools and models for electrical network, is preferred.
• Experience in project execution within the electric utilities industry.
• Basic knowledge of databases and data warehousing.
• Scripting knowledge (Python, JSON or similar) - strong scripting preferred, but willingness to develop this further is welcome
• Excellent prioritization and organizational skills.
• Solid foundation in software engineering principles or systems integration
• Understanding of Electric Distribution Power Systems and modelling is preferred (Load Flow Studies, Coordination Studies, Arc Flash Studies)
• Database and data structure knowledge and experience (SQL, XML, Mongo, GIS)
• Operations or engineering experience at an electric utility
• Industry experience with Outage Management Systems (OMS)
• Experience conducting presentations, product demonstrations and training.
• Ability to perform technical analysis to define customer product requirements
• Flexibility to travel on short notice to customer sites, when required.