Electrical Project Engineer

The Project Engineer will be responsible for performing technical work to deliver Battery Energy Storage Systems (ESS). Project Engineer will work with cross-functional teams to ensure technical requirements for clients BESS (Battery Energy Storage) projects are fulfilled to company and customer expectations. This is a customer facing position, to create utility scale battery storage systems throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Accountable For:

Executing the project engineering efforts in developing and designing battery energy storage systems (BESS) as well as their power electronics and controls. The tasks include maintaining existing projects and supporting the creation of automated test equipment for project deployments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, review, and maintain technical oversight of engineering and design of contracted energy storage projects.
• Design and review the BESS, including power conversion systems (Inverters & DC/DC Converters), isolation and power transformers, medium voltage switchgear, protection and control systems, grounding, low and medium voltage ac and dc cable systems, and plant auxiliary equipment.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Customers, AHJs, and others to meet the contractual commitments. Act as a technical consultant for other Eos units and for more junior PEs.
• Develop specifications, drawings and controls and protections strategies for contracted projects.
• Participate in continuous improvement of standard processes, procedures, documentation, and tools to effectively deliver a wide range of project solutions.
• Ensure all project engineering deliverables for assigned projects are on schedule / on budget and communicate project status to internal and external audiences via standardized project controls systems.
• Work with other engineers pre- and post-contract award to optimize customer BESS solutions, use case reviews and commercial proposal strategies and processes.
• Maintain project documentation and assist in creating vendor technical specifications and user instructions for optimal use of the designed BESS.
• Provide support to Field Service Technicians when troubleshooting in field commissioning and service operations.
• Understand and utilize technical standards for reviews, documentation, and designs such as UL, UN, IEC, ISO, ECE and other engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering to define, refine and improve BESS systems.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice, in the spirit of an agile design group within an active technology company

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work independently and on-site and understand how components fit into a larger system
• Working knowledge of embedded control systems and their applications
• General knowledge of CAD and the ability to interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosis and design improvement
• Familiarity with design for ground fault and EMC and availability to trace down GFI and EMI issues
• Awareness of safety certification process to standards such as UL
• Competent skills with communications protocols such as TCP/IP, CAN, i²C and SPI; use of Modbus
• Capability to select and integrate off-the-shelf component and equipment
• Strong cross-discipline system skills
• Understanding of hardware and physical system being controlled is required
• Comfort and experience with the hazard and safety protocols of high voltage equipment and other aspects of working with large-scale battery systems
• Ability to self-direct to a goal and achieve independent success
• A team-player attitude and strong written/verbal communication skills are a must

Education and Experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering (MS degree preferred) or related field, and a minimum of 2 years of experience in all aspects of engineering development and product delivery.
• Hardware and system design and troubleshooting.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience designed electronics and developing automated controls
• Engineering Design Software experience
• Linux, embedded systems
• High voltage electrical systems

Travel

• Overnight/North America: Less than 10%

Working Conditions

• Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Factory - The worker may be subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, vibration, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to temperature changes or exposure to chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, odors, dust, mists, and gases. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes
• Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, work boots, and lab coats. May be required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Customer/Partner Locations – Employee may visit customer or partner locations that may be comprised of office, manufacturing floor, laboratory environments and construction sites depending on the location and reason for visit.