Grid Innovation Engineer

Requisition ID # 168572 

Job Category: Engineering / Science 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The System Performance, Reliability and Resiliency Strategy team within the overall Electric Transmission and Distribution Engineering organization is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the resources necessary to successfully execute PG&E’s Electric Reliability Strategy and initiatives. This team of forward–thinking individuals is tasked with deploying the technology and infrastructure to achieve the company’s reliability goals. The team is responsible for implementing programs required to modernize the electric grid, allowing for safe, resilient, and efficient operations.

Position Summary

The role will be part of a technically focused, cross-functional team of engineers and data scientists to design and deploy advanced models that measure and predict the resilience and reliability of PG&E’s electric grid. This role sits at the convergence of grid planning, real-time operations, and applied data science, leveraging high-resolution data from sources such as synchro phasors, SCADA, load flow studies, stability analyses, and asset health systems.

This position will build and leverage statistical and machine learning models—such as probabilistic risk models, time series forecasting, anomaly detection, and graph-based system analytics—leveraging data from synchro phasors (PMUs), SCADA, load flow simulations, dynamic stability studies, and asset condition monitoring. These tools will assess outage risks at both the grid-wide and individual critical customer level, delivering real-time and long-horizon insights into system vulnerabilities and performance under climate stressors and high-impact events.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a founding team that fuses domain expertise, big data, and AI/ML methods to help architect the climate-resilient, intelligent electric grid of the future. 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location based on business need.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

Bay Area –  $102,000 - $145,200

Job Responsibilities

• Perform grid modeling and simulations to evaluate technical impacts of distributed energy resources on the grid
• Understand the various data streams that are needed to enable more advanced analysis when modeling grid impacts
• Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that facilitate easier grid integration
• Identify constrained portions of the grid where DER can be beneficial
• Collaborate with engineering, IT, and customer departments on advancing circuit modeling capabilities and accuracy
• Meet with stakeholders to better understand their issues regarding integration to the grid
• Explore new data streams for enhancing analysis and simulations 

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with grid modeling software (e.g. CYMDIST, PSLF, Aspen, etc.)
• 2 years of electric utility related experience 

Desired:

• Masters Degree in Engineering-Electrical or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Licensed Engineer-in-Training in the State of California
• Experience with data processing tools such as Excel, Access, SQL, etc.
• Protection System Engineering experience
• Experience in Transmission or Distribution System Planning
• Experience in Transmission or Distribution Operations
• Competency in planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
• Competency in using compelling arguments to gain support and commitment of others
• Knowledge of the technical impact of distributed generation to grid operations
• Competency in coordinating your work with other active projects
• Competency to work cohesively in fast-paced team environments
• Competency in effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization