Senior Grid Innovation Engineer

Location

Oakland, California

Requisition ID

# 172626

Job Overview

• Job Category: Engineering / Science
• Job Level: Individual Contributor
• Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
• Work Type: Hybrid

Team Summary

The Grid Innovation Delivery (GID) team is making the grid of the future a reality. The team scales new technologies and pilots into sustainable, mature programs that PG&E utilizes to deliver for our hometowns and serve our planet. The team bridges early R&D innovation efforts and PG&E's established lines of business.

The Remote Grid (RG) Program is the GID team's primary product today. Remote Grids cost-effectively address wildfire risk by serving customers with fully islanded (24/7/365) microgrids of solar, batteries, and fuel-powered generation and permanently removing high-risk overhead power lines.

Position Summary

This role is an electrical engineering thought leader who builds the knowledge base and collaboratively develops innovative solutions to increase safety, reliability, decarbonization, and affordability. They develop new standards and process documentation to mature the program.

Grid Innovation Delivery Engineers take full ownership of each project's technical execution throughout its lifecycle, from design iteration with EPC vendors to performance analytics and root cause investigations for live projects.

Work Environment

This position is Hybrid, primarily working from your remote office within PG&E's service territory. In-person activities at PG&E's Oakland General Office occur 1-2 times per week based on business needs. Travel to sites throughout the service territory is required (average 6 times a year). After the first year, this role is eligible for an alternative 9/80 schedule.

Compensation

• Bay Area Minimum: $122,000
• Bay Area Mid-point: $158,000
• Bay Area Maximum: $194,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist customers and stakeholders in assessing the viability of distributed energy technology projects.
• Collaborate with external vendors, utilities, and internal teams on advancing new distributed energy resources applications.
• Model microgrid behavior and analyze necessary data streams.
• Meet with stakeholders to understand issues and inform them of potential impacts.
• Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that deliver safe, reliable, and affordable energy solutions.
• Identify conditions where distributed energy resources provide enhanced benefits.
• Assist in risk assessments for distributed energy resources.
• Prepare and present technical materials for regulatory proceedings and industry working groups.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with grid modeling software (e.g., CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc.).
• 5 years of electric utility-related experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with developers of distributed energy resources.
• Understanding of construction, electrical, and power system protection design.
• Experience driving technology R&D through pilots and scale-up.
• Knowledge of laws, codes, and standards for microgrids or distribution service.
• Proficiency in design tools: HOMER, PVSyst, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Google Earth.
• Experience analyzing energy data (Excel, SQL, Pandas, NumPy, or R).
• Strong communication skills and a bias toward action.
• Master's Degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred).
• Licensed Engineer-in-Training or Professional Engineer (P.E. Electrical preferred) in California.