Job Description
Job Description
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Senior Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Engineer at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. SCE's T&D organization is looking for a Senior Engineer to join the Grid Technology Innovation team. In this job, you'll make significant contributions towards realizing corporate goals, which can ultimately enable California's ambitious clean energy vision. This position offers the possibility for the Senior Engineer to be widely recognized as an industry subject matter expert through making well-informed recommendations on technologies, equipment, and systems that will have a long-lasting impact on reliability, efficiency, safety, and cost effectiveness for SCE.
As the Senior Engineer, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!
Work closely with the Manager of T&D Demonstrations.
Stay informed about new and relevant technologies to support the needs of SCE's roadmaps and initiatives, including Wildfire Mitigation and Reimaging the Grid, which is an initiative responding to Pathway 2045.
Maintain and communicate awareness of industry leading methodologies for leading projects to develop new SCE standards (design, construction, O&M, training documentation, tools, etc.).
Engage with key decision makers and influencers, field personnel, and vendors, with the goal of building lasting mutually beneficial relationships.
Provide domain expertise, guidance, and training to the T&D Demos team.
Recommend new and alternative technologies, systems, and equipment to address issues facing SCE.
Lead and manage a range of development and small-scale implementations for T&D equipment, protection & automation systems, control systems, and communications technologies.
Identify and resolve issues related to a projects' development and implementation success.
Act on SCE's behalf to ensure that new product(s) meet SCE specifications and testing requirements.
Partner with internal and external organizations such as IT, Cybersecurity, technical field specialists, Engineering, and vendors to specify, evaluate, test, and deploy T&D technology demonstrations.
Build consensus among key stakeholders through regular interactions with other middle managers and engineering staff.
Ensure effective knowledge transfer / lessons learned from demonstration projects into production systems.
Present findings and recommendations to management and stakeholders on viability of technologies and their impacts on SCE systems.
Actively participate and provide subject matter expertise to external groups and entities such as IEEE, IEC, and other efforts where SCE's presence is required to drive new technologies and processes
This is a fantastic opportunity to apply engineering principles for industry leading system solutions in the following areas:
Overhead and Underground Structures
Protection Engineering
Distribution Apparatus
Distribution Automation
Wireless Communications
Hardware in the Loop Testing
Cybersecurity
Augmented/Assisted/Virtual Reality
Machine Learning
Laboratory Demonstrations and Simulations
Field Demonstrations and Pilots
Qualifications
The essentials
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Five years of software engineering experience with emphasis on Machine Learning
Seven years of overall engineering experience
The preferred
Master's degree in related technical field
Ten years of overall engineering experience
Professional Engineer (P.E.) License
Familiarity with SCE system protection practices, philosophies, and standards
Familiarity with SCE distribution design standards
Familiarity with cybersecurity principles
Familiarity with Hardware in the Loop testing and modeling
Hands-on experience with T&D related system and device testing
You should know…
Visit our Candidate Resources page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, and hiring process, and more!
This position requires testing and applicants who are identified to continue through the selection process will be invited to test via email. We invite you to visit our Testing Information page for further information and to access information guides. For information guides, please reference test 8203. Candidates who have previously passed this assessment, in some cases, may not need to retest again for this position.
Relocation does not apply to this position.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We're fueling the kind of innovation that's changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you'll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.
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