Job # EE25022
Job Title Development Engineer –Modeling & Simulation Technology
Office Location Houston, TX preferred
Business Unit/Department Technology/Product Development
Sales Territory, if applicable N/A
General Role Description
Develop and validate models and simulations of inverter-based resources, specifically focusing on solar and battery systems. Ensure that products meet interconnection requirements and perform optimally in real-world applications.

Role Accountabilities

• Identify new technologies that have the potential to address the present, but unfilled, needs of our clients, or that create demand as a direct result of significant performance improvements that will provide a level of direct benefit to our clients sufficient to differentiate the Company from our competitors
• Evaluate the feasibility, cost, and benefits of incorporating new technologies in the Company’s systems and products
• Incorporate selected technologies into the Company’s power products in cooperation with Company, parent company, and third-party development teams
• Define modifications to existing tools, and features of new tools, that are necessary to support engineering and commissioning of products that incorporate selected technologies
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and productive communication with parent company to facilitate cooperation and coordination in design and development planning and project execution
• Provide technical consulting, coaching, and training to group company engineering and commissioning team members to transfer knowledge of Company process and product solutions and ensure successful project execution, as assigned
• Provide technical support to the business unit sales team in the areas of technical presentations, and proposal review and advice, as assigned
• Develop electromagnetic transient and positive sequence models and simulations of inverter-based resources
• Conduct validation testing to ensure models accurately represent actual product response.
• Conduct simulation studies to verify that products meet interconnection requirements.
• Develop simulations of utility scale renewable energy power plants including high penetration scenarios
• Identify new interconnection requirements and develop specifications for product design.
• Provide technical support to the engineering and technical services team
• Provide recommendations for changes to applications of product at site by collecting and analyzing field data, as requested

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with emphasis on power systems or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• 2 years of experience in modeling and simulations using PSCAD, PSS/E, PSLF or equivalent
• Demonstrated software programming skills using C++, Fortan or modeling languages
• Demonstrated innovative problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 20% of the time, often with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering with a concentration in controls, modeling and simulation of electrical systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with interpretation and application of interconnection requirements and standards such as IEEE 2800, IEEE 1547, NOGRR 245.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with power electronics-based power conversion technology and applications
• Demonstrated experience in power electronics based New Product Development

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.
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• Identify new technologies that have the potential to address the present, but unfilled, needs of our clients, or that create demand as a direct result of significant performance improvements that will provide a level of direct benefit to our clients sufficient to differentiate the Company from our competitors
• Evaluate the feasibility, cost, and benefits of incorporating new technologies in the Company’s systems and products
• Incorporate selected technologies into the Company’s power products in cooperation with Company, parent company, and third-party development teams
• Define modifications to existing tools, and features of new tools, that are necessary to support engineering and commissioning of products that incorporate selected technologies
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and productive communication with parent company to facilitate cooperation and coordination in design and development planning and project execution
• Provide technical consulting, coaching, and training to group company engineering and commissioning team members to transfer knowledge of Company process and product solutions and ensure successful project execution, as assigned
• Provide technical support to the business unit sales team in the areas of technical presentations, and proposal review and advice, as assigned
• Develop electromagnetic transient and positive sequence models and simulations of inverter-based resources
• Conduct validation testing to ensure models accurately represent actual product response.
• Conduct simulation studies to verify that products meet interconnection requirements.
• Develop simulations of utility scale renewable energy power plants including high penetration scenarios
• Identify new interconnection requirements and develop specifications for product design.
• Provide technical support to the engineering and technical services team
• Provide recommendations for changes to applications of product at site by collecting and analyzing field data, as requeste