Lead Power System Engineer - Asia Pacific

Number of employees

150

Melbourne, Australia

Posted on: 2023-08-02

Category: renewables

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Energy Vault is the creator of sustainable energy storage solutions designed to accelerate the transition to a carbon free, resilient power grid and transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage. Energy Vault works to combat climate change by enabling clean and reliable electricity through innovative gravity and kinetic based energy storage technologies.   Energy Vault combines innovative design, advanced materials science, and proprietary machine-vision software to orchestrate the storage and dispatch of electrical power by lifting and lowering composite bricks, made from eco-friendly materials.  Energy Vault’s commitment to sustainability is reflected in a unique approach to the circular economy which utilizes local industrial and energy waste, including remediated coal ash and recycled wind blades converted to recyclable materials, to build the system’s composite bricks. Energy Vault innovates to enable the global shift to a world powered by renewable resources.

About Energy Vault
Energy Vault develops and deploys sustainable energy storage solutions designed to transform the world's approach to utility-scale energy storage in realizing decarbonization while maintaining grid resiliency. The company's proprietary gravity-based energy storage technology, battery storage technology, and energy storage management and integration platform are intended to help utilities, independent power producers and large industrial energy users significantly reduce their levelized cost of energy while maintaining power reliability. Utilizing eco-friendly materials with the ability to integrate waste materials for beneficial re-use, Energy Vault is facilitating the shift to a circular economy while accelerating the clean energy transition for its customers. For additional information, please visit: www.energyvault.com.

Our purpose: We exist to enable a sustainably energized world.
Our vision: We envision a future where nature and humankind coexist in harmony.
Our mission: We provide energy solutions to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy.
Our values: We Commit, Innovate, Connect, Deliver, and Lead.

About EV Solutions
EV Solutions is a division within Energy Vault that focuses on creating technology agnostic customer focused solutions. Utilizing its proprietary hardware architecture and technology agnostic software controls and optimization platform EVS caters to customers in enabling a renewable energy world.

About the role
We seek an experienced electrical engineer to support pre-sales and project construction of Energy Storage projects in Australia. The ideal candidate must be familiar with power system tools and experienced with GPS process and National Electricity Rules (NEM). This candidate will work with vendors and the team in US to support customer from sales to project execution. 

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Responsibilities

  • Lead Power System Engineering tasks, including GPS studies, PSCAD-PSS/E benchmarking, Model Acceptance Tests, Load Flow.
  • Undertake model development of plants with inverter-based generators.
  • Prepare technical documents including study reports and user-manual documents for PSSE and PSCAD models.
  • Assist with engagement of customers and external consultants to support their modeling exercises and complete work in a timely manner.
  • Support business development by assisting in proposals and participating customer meetings.
  • Work with product team to get necessary certificates for our products.
  • Assist with developing commissioning plans and R2 testing requirements.
  • Contribute to electrical engineering design phase during the project construction.
  • Qualifications

  • MSc in Electrical Engineering (power systems or power electronics). PhD a plus.
  • Proficiency in PSCAD and PSS/E. Experienced with PowerFactory is a plus.
  • Experienced with grid interconnection process with AEMO and TNSPs.
  • Experienced with dynamic modeling of renewable energy generators
  • Good communication skills to work with customers, utilities, consultants, vendors, etc.
  • Familiar with power electronics functionalities and power plant control algorithms.
  • Flexibility to work occasionally with teams with different time zones.
  • Familiarity with relevant industry and standards such as UL 1741 SA, IEEE 1547, and ISO requirements
  • Experienced with renewable energy projects (battery energy storage project a plus)
  • Willingness to travel
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