Power Systems Studies Engineer - Dynamic Modeling

The Opportunity Ulteig is currently seeking talented and motivated Studies level engineering candidates to support power system studies and transmission planning projects within the renewable energy and power markets What You'll Do The Studies Engineer for the dynamic studies team is expected to perform the following tasks: Develop PSSE, PSLF, TSAT, and PSCAD models of renewable plants Perform model quality tests and model benchmarking for various software models Understand dynamic model block diagrams and tune parameters to meet regional model performance requirements Design and model custom master plant controls for large multi-resource renewable projects (PV, BESS, Datacenters) Research and test relatively new available models of datacenter loads and understand the challenges posed to the grid Work closely with the business development team to understand customer needs and application Work with SCADA engineers in charge of building and implementing master plant controls Support proposal efforts by demonstrating theoretical renewable generation and datacenter co-located plant operation Model master plant control in parallel with the design of master plant control to understand and mitigate any challenges Respond quickly to customer design changes, questions, and deadlines, and maintain a flexible attitude toward the work Stay current with regulatory changes, new grid codes, and evolving ISO/RTO requirements related to grid interconnections Conduct various dynamic simulations including voltage and frequency ride through, voltage step change, frequency step change, SCR tests, and fault analyses Support model validation and model benchmarking Stay up to date on new industry guidance and standards for modeling and requirements for inverter-based resources and datacenters Help develop tools to automate and streamline model quality tests and analyses What We Expect from You Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required, ABET accredited program, or equivalent requ