Power Systems Modeling Engineer

Power System Modeling Engineer

Company Overview

LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc. (LGES-VT) is a full-service energy storage system supplier and integrator. Using our core strengths of expert service to our customers, unparalleled safety, and excellence in manufacturing, we bring standardized, fully integrated energy storage systems to a rapidly growing worldwide market. Our systems address our customers' needs to reduce capital equipment and installation costs while enhancing system level performance and reliability using automated monitoring systems and analytics across the battery, power conditioning and auxiliary systems. Our AEROS® energy operating system is the engine of innovation to provide advanced control functions allowing our customers to maximize the value of their energy storage assets. Our service capabilities include advanced monitoring and analytics, scheduled maintenance, augmentation, and auxiliary system upgrades. The combination of excellence in battery technology and production coupled with nearly two decades of energy storage integration makes LGES Vertech a leading supplier and integrator in the power and energy markets.

LGES Vertech is a highly matrixed, team-oriented organization that fosters cross functional collaboration and innovation. The company seeks high caliber candidates with proven experience and with characteristics that embody our corporate commitment to the virtues of humble, hungry and smart in all we do. Our diverse and growing team enjoys competitive salaries, generous benefits, including 100% employer sponsored medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.

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Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Power System Modeling Engineer with deep experience in modeling and validating models of energy storage systems, inverters, generators, and renewables to be used for large generator interconnection studies. In this role, you will be a key member in developing and conducting computer simulations which include dynamic and steady state analysis of generation resources connected to transmission systems. This role is pivotal in delivering industry-wide accepted standard and user defined models of LGES-VT’s energy storage systems.

Primary Responsibilities

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• Develop and maintain models of energy storage systems, inverters, generators, and renewables to be used for dynamic and steady state grid interconnection studies
  
• Perform NERC Compliance related technical analysis of our energy storage solutions
  
• Perform simulation studies to investigate interactions between different generation resources in terms of stability and performance in off-grid and grid-connected operations.
  
• Perform short circuit and dynamic stability analysis of our battery energy storage solutions
  
• Perform simulation studies to make sure our battery storage solution projects meet low or high voltage ride through requirements at the point of interconnection.
  
• Maintain excellent documentation of simulation reports, system studies and give presentations to internal stakeholders and our customers.
  
• Interface with sales engineering, program management, project management and project engineers to collect project modeling requirements.
  

Key Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required:

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• Bachelor’s/Masters/PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on power systems or power electronics.
  
• Minimum 3 years of power system modeling experience using PSCAD, PSS/E, PSLF and Aspen.
  
• Expertise creating detailed models of battery energy storage systems, generators, power electronics converters, gas turbines, and electrical networks and components.
  
• Thorough understanding of three phase power system operation and power flow
  
• Knowledge of inverter operation and control
  
• Experience with ISO/RTO regulation and requirements (ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, PJM)
  
• Experience with NERC Standards and NERC compliance that applies to grid interconnection requirements.
  
• Excellent verbal, written and documentation skills.
  
• Execute multiple tasks at any given time
  
• Ability to interface well with internal and external customers.
  
• Demonstrated history of delivering quality products to market with understanding and respect for all phases of the product development process, especially requirements, specification development, and release control.
  

Location

Hybrid (Westborough, MA or Saint Louis, MO) or remote

Travel

10% of travel is required if you work remotely.