ESS Controls Engineer

The ESS Controls Engineer reports to the EMS Team Product Manager and will be responsible for designing, developing, configuring, and programming our Energy Management System for energy storage systems (ESS). This includes working with internal and external stakeholders to understand and refine the implementation of the control and supervisory layers with our platform. It is essential that decisions be made to ensure safety, quality, reliability, and maintainability of such implementations. Provide expertise and support to services, project execution, and application engineering team. Develop and deploy product and application documentation and assist in the benchmarking and evaluation of new technologies, solutions, or suppliers for integration into our offering. This position will specifically focus on Utility scale energy storage solutions with the integration of batteries, inverters, and balance of plant equipment required in a battery power plant.

Requirements

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :

• Develop and implement IEC 61131-3 structured text control logic, SCADA data server / client maps, Ignition Perspective configurations, and other development tasks required for the ongoing development and deployment of the EMS platform.
• Deploy Energy Storage Operating System(s) Sunspec Modbus client with power plant controller logic that can be positioned underneath a SCADA system.
• Interpret and refine product and project requirements and design, engineer, and materialize them in the SCADA and EMS platform.
• Develop and maintain design, solution, and component specifications that are part of the SCADA and EMS platform as well as support the Operations Team in their experience in using the product.
• Envision and develop new features and solutions in the SCADA and EMS platform.
• Support in the resolution of installation, commissioning, and operational issues.
• Develop specifications for testing and validation of the EMS integration at battery power plants.
• Improve processes and procedures used in product development.
• Review / coordinate design and other technical information from suppliers and contractors.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable codes, standards, certifications, and applications in the Energy Storage industry.
• Network Administration including VMware (8.0) management, Windows Server (2022 Edition) Administration, Identity and Access Management IAM)
• Perform system backup and recovery procedures and perform asset manager duties.
• Assist production support team in controls and SCADA related issues that arise.

Knowledge, Skills, & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SCADA HMI user experience, proficient in MS Office Excel, Windows RDP, Citrix, Azure Cloud, AcSELerator RTAC, Ignition, Python, layer 2 & 3 managed network switches, firewall policies and routing configuration, network subnets, VLAN Tagging, Fiber network technology, RTU & TCP MODBUS, OPC-UA, MQTT, P2P, SEL FMP, DNP3.0, OSI-SOFT PI.

Education & Experience