Pacific Gas and Electric Company

SCADA Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: RocklinCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $97,000 - $162,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Supports system design and testing activities aligned with the product vision set by the Product Owners.
  • Performs technical evaluations to incorporate new devices and capabilities that evolves the technical vision.
  • Creating new technical standards that support future needs while driving system standardization.
  • Makes tradeoffs among technical options to balance execution, support, and vendor risk.
  • Makes tradeoffs among technical options for a portfolio of products.
  • Assesses system failures, identifying root cause, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Provides data queries and reports to inform Grid Operations.
  • The SCADA Engineer work will involve:
  • Implementation of SCADA Product Owner’s design standards throughout the SCADA System.
  • Integration of new Substation and Field Automation Device solutions with PG&E’s ADMS platform SCADA telemetry monitoring and configurations
  • Overseeing FEP operations and management.
  • Support Advanced Application (i.e., OMS, FLISR, EPP, VVO, etc.) development with SCADA expertise

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent experience
  • 2 years of electric utility related experience
  • Experience with grid modeling software (e.g. CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc)
  • Excellent communication (oral and written) and collaboration skills.
  • 3–7+ years of experience with SCADA, control systems, or real-time operational technologies.
  • Strong knowledge of DNP3, Modbus, 2179 PG&E, IEC 61850 or similar protocols.
  • Experience with ADMS platforms (Schneider Electric preferred) including device modeling, application behavior, and CU/HF deployment processes.
  • Hands-on experience with grid automation devices (S&C, SEL, Siemens, etc.).
  • Proficiency in analyzing telemetry data, communication logs, network models, and system events.
  • Has product support experience.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Familiarity with electric system topology.
  • Understanding of FEP architectures, communication circuits, and polling strategies.
  • Working level understanding of Agile values and principals
  • Experience working in a cross-functional, highly matrixed environment
  • Familiarity with key Electric Operations systems such as GIS, DMS, OMS, etc.
  • Knowledge of distribution equipment
  • Experience working with the following tools: Jira, MS Excel, Foundry, Power BI
  • Programming with SQL, Python, C#, etc.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SCADAgrid modeling softwareDNP3ModbusIEC 61850ADMS platformsgrid automation devicestelemetry data analysisSQLPython
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical skills