Senior Manager, Advanced Grid and Controls Solutions
Public global power company that owns and operates electricity generation, regulated utilities, LNG infrastructure, renewable energy, and battery-storage assets.
About The AES Corporation
AES develops, constructs, and operates power-generation and distribution businesses, supplying affordable and sustainable power. Its portfolio includes solar, hydro, wind, natural gas, coal, battery storage, utilities, and LNG infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team defining and deploying advanced grid and control solutions. You will direct control architectures, oversee EMT studies and CHIL/PHIL testing, support commissioning and operations troubleshooting, and shape equipment strategy with OEMs and cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, power systems, controls engineering or related field
- Substantial engineering experience in utility-scale renewables, BESS, inverter-based resources, plant controls or microgrids
- People-management experience
- Knowledge of plant controls, inverter controls, grid-forming and EMS
- Working knowledge of EMT analysis and PSCAD
- Commissioning, witness testing and troubleshooting experience
- Project-management skills
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team
- Set team vision, priorities, technical roadmap and resource plan
- Provide technical leadership during contract negotiations
- Direct control philosophies and plant-control architectures
- Guide grid-forming, islanding, black start and other advanced grid solutions
- Evaluate inverter, plant controller, EMS and microgrid controller technologies
- Oversee EMT studies, CHIL and PHIL programs
- Support project execution, commissioning and witness testing
- Lead root-cause and corrective-action efforts
- Represent grid and controls requirements in equipment strategy and vendor discussions
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- 401(k) eligibility
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave and parental leave
- Annual bonus