Power Systems Engineer – PV/BESS
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Engineer II/Engineer III – Battery Energy Storage and Microgrid Project Development
Duke Energy Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte • Florida, North Carolina, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Provide engineering and technical expertise to support the Business Development team in pursuit of BESS and microgrid investment opportunities, acquisitions, and greenfield development.
- Support greenfield and brownfield development through site screening and selection, system feasibility studies, preliminary design, cost estimates, and technical due diligence.
- Perform power system modeling and analysis using tools such as PSSE/TARA, CYME, CYMCAP, PSCAD, and MATLAB, including steady state, dynamic, and transient stability analysis.
- Perform battery facility design including power and energy sizing, creating one-line diagrams, equipment selection, physical site layout, and site access design.
- Create and submit interconnection requests for distribution and transmission connected projects and analyze study results.
- Provide IBR site model support: model preparation, integration and validation, transmission and distribution steady state analysis, and EMT analysis.
- Provide technical support during detailed design, construction, and commissioning of front-of-the-meter distribution and transmission connected energy storage projects.
- Analyze and develop augmentation or overbuild strategies, conductor sizing, capacity testing, reactive power studies, and system protection studies.
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders (Project Management and Construction, Supply Chain, Transmission, Distribution, IT, Generation Interconnection, Health & Safety) and external consultants, equipment vendors, system integrators, and EPC firms.
- Prepare technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and design plans; develop techno-economic and optimization tools for energy storage and solar-plus-storage projects.
- Maintain equipment supplier relationships, advise Supply Chain and PMC on technology trends, and stay informed of industry standards and market trends.
Requirements
- Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program. A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. engineering degree.
- Minimum of 2 years engineering experience for Engineer II; Minimum of 4 years engineering experience for Engineer III.
- Power system modeling utilizing tools such as PSSE/TARA, CYME, PSCAD and MATLAB.
- Coursework in power systems analysis, power electronics, drive/converter controls, and/or fault analysis.
- Knowledge of BESS and microgrid project engineering, inverter/plant control, metering schemes, and interconnection requirements.
- Familiarity with wind and solar renewable technology.
- Experience with IBR model preparation/integration/validation, EMT analysis, transmission and distribution steady state analysis.
- Ability to perform conductor sizing, capacity testing, reactive power studies, and system protection studies.
- Experience using GIS.
- Power system transient stability study experience, dynamic study experience, and/or converter control experience.
- Professional Engineer license or Engineer in Training registration (desired).
- Experience in the electric utility industry and understanding distribution and transmission materials and concepts.
- Demonstrated project management, organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external consultants, vendors, and EPCs.
- Must reside within the Duke Energy service area and within a reasonable commute to a Duke Energy facility (Charlotte, Raleigh, St. Petersburg, Plainfield IN, Cincinnati).
- Travel required, ~10%.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Recognition for your work
- Virtual - Work will be performed from a remote location after the onboarding period (virtual employees should live within a reasonable commute to a Duke Energy facility)
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
power system modelingbattery facility designconductor sizingcapacity testingreactive power studiessystem protection studiesdynamic stability analysistransient stability analysisinterconnection requeststechno-economic optimization
Soft skills
project managementorganizational skillscommunication skillspresentation skillscollaboration
Certifications
Professional Engineer licenseEngineer in Training registration
