Electric Distribution Modeling Engineer, Entry, Staff, Senior
Xcel Energy
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Denver • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $70,000 - $129,267 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide technical leadership in developing and applying advanced distribution system models
- Support integrated planning, reliability, and operational decision-making
- Build and maintain detailed distribution models
- Perform power flow, fault, contingency, and hosting capacity analyses
- Assess system performance under evolving load growth, DER adoption, electrification, and policy-driven scenarios
- Collaborate closely with distribution planning, DER integration, and operations teams
- Drive continuous improvement in modeling tools, processes, and data quality
- Provide subject-matter expertise to support regulatory filings, stakeholder engagement, and data requests
Requirements
- Required bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET accredited curriculum, electrical engineering degree preferred
- 0+ years relevant engineering experience
- Ability to demonstrate the unique technical skills and core competencies for this engineering level established & documented by the organization.
- EIT/FE (Engineer in Training/Fundamentals of Engineering) preferred for Staff Engineer Level
- 2+ years relevant engineering experience for Staff Engineer Level
- Demonstrated broad knowledge & proficiency in specialty area, knowledge of related specialties, & general knowledge of other related disciplines for Staff Engineer Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET accredited for Senior Engineer Level
- 5+ years relevant engineering experience with EIT/FE required; 7+ years relevant engineering experience without EIT/FE for Senior Engineer Level
- Preferred PE (Professional Engineer) registration may be required depending on business need.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
distribution system modelspower flow analysisfault analysiscontingency analysishosting capacity analysisload growth assessmentDER integrationmodeling toolsdata quality improvementtechnical leadership
Soft Skills
collaborationcontinuous improvementsubject-matter expertisestakeholder engagementdecision-making
Certifications
EITFEPE