
SCADA Engineer
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rocklin • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $97,000 - $162,000 per year
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