Lead Grid Integration Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Grid Integration Applications and Modeling Engineer provides essential support for global customer proposals and orders. As a member of the Electrical Grid Integration team, you will lead project specific power system evaluations using modeling tools such as PSCAD, PSSe and PSLF. You will interact regularly with customers, ISOs/TSOs, commercial, sales teams, project engineers and services teams to provide the wide range of technical information required to permit, install and support wind farms in North America and Europe. The grid applications function includes everything from model creation, model troubleshooting, ITO support of proposals to requisition support, commissioning support, and assisting the GE installed base in complying with new requirements

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support high profile (GW+) customers' during ITO, OTR and through Post-COD as the primary point of contact for grid related topics.
• Configure grid electrical simulation models of turbines and wind farms, and work with customers and grid operators to apply those models to system integration and connection studies, including existing sites and Services programs.
• Develop customer facing models such as PSCAD, PSSE/PSLF and etc. Work closely with CS on project specific studies.
• Simulate converter, turbine and plant level controls/ interactions to evaluate project specific grid requirements.
• Monitor the latest grid integration standards development and perform country specific grid code analysis on a regular basis.
• Translate grid connection requirements into product capability specifications for new unit and services products.
• Work with the commercial team to assess scope and risk with respect to grid code compliance.
• Support customers and Sales in answering questions and resolving grid code concerns for wind farm proposals and orders.
• Support customers' grid acceptance tests, certification and issue resolutions with grid authorities, including developing plantlevel control settings.
• Develop depth and expertise in wind turbine capabilities, especially existing products, and their interaction with the electrical Balance of Plant, Distribution and Transmission systems.
• Work closely with NPI and Services electrical design engineering to understand new product offerings and assess risks of not complying with grid code requirements.
• Work closely with product line and CTH community to create or update internal and external documents such as grid PRD, GID, position papers, and etc.
• Participate advocacy activities.
• Identify gaps in grid related internal processes and continuously improve the processes.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Experience with PSCAD

• Experience in a prior customer facing role, capable of handing high criticality customers interactions
• Experience using PSSE or PSLF
• Experience in the renewable energy industry
• Experience in wind turbine electrical systems
• Experience in controls or component-level power conversion equipment
• Experience applying grid code requirements for power plants or wind farms
• Knowledge on renewable plant control features, configuration and grid interface
• Knowledge on IBR fault ride through requirements and performance
• Experience providing technical support to sales, commercial and marketing functions
• Experience in generating and delivering customer-facing technical documents & presentations
• Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to manage multiple high priority tasks
• Strong communication skills
• Ability and willingness to accept challenges outside of technical expertise / comfort zone