Job Title: Principal Power Systems Engineer – Grid Integration & Power Electronics

Location: Remote, Canada or United States; preference for candidates based in Canada

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports To: President

Travel: Occasional North American and international travel

Compensation:$175,000–$215,000 USD annual base salary for U.S.-based candidates. Compensation for Canada-based candidates will be adjusted to CAD based on location, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement plan with company contribution; PTO and holidays; professional-development support; stock ownership opportunity

Job Summary

Our Client is an engineering and energy consulting firm supporting utilities, renewable-energy developers, investors, government agencies, and other power-sector clients. Since 2011, our client has supported more than 180 GW of clean and renewable energy projects.

We are seeking a Principal Power Systems Engineer to serve as a senior technical and client-facing leader. This role will lead complex grid interconnection, transmission planning, renewable and battery-storage integration, inverter-based resource (IBR), and reliability studies while mentoring engineers and supporting client growth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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- Lead complex power-system, interconnection, transmission, renewable, storage, IBR, power-quality, and grid-compliance studies.

- Establish study methodology, assumptions, modeling approaches, and quality standards.

- Review, validate, and troubleshoot models and serve as a final technical reviewer.

- Lead RMS and EMT modeling, validation, and IBR performance assessments.

- Present and defend technical findings to clients, utilities, ISO/RTOs, and other stakeholders.

- Manage key client relationships, project scope, schedules, and technical deliverables.

- Mentor engineers and review technical work.

- Support proposals, scopes, fee estimates, and business development.

- Stay current on FERC, NERC, IEEE, ISO/RTO, utility,



and Canadian grid requirements.

Required Qualifications

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- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power systems, or a related engineering discipline.

- 8+ years of U.S. and/or Canadian power-sector experience, including senior or technical leadership responsibilities.

- Strong experience with IBR modeling, grid integration, and complex power-system studies.

- Advanced proficiency in at least two platforms such as PSCAD/EMTDC, PSS/E, GE PSLF, ASPEN, MATLAB/Simulink, or PowerGEM TARA.

- Experience with RMS and EMT modeling and model validation.

- Strong client-facing experience and ability to defend technical work before external stakeholders.

- Experience mentoring engineers and managing project scope, budget, and schedules.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Authorization to work in the U.S. or Canada, or ability to obtain authorization through employer-sponsored immigration support. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

Preferred Qualifications

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- Master’s, M.Eng., or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, power systems, or a related field.

- PE, P.Eng., or progress toward professional licensure.

- Experience with ISO/RTO interconnection queues and grid requirements.

- Experience with grid-forming inverters, weak-grid conditions, renewable-plus-storage, or large-load/data-center interconnections.

- Knowledge of NERC, IEEE 1547, IEEE 2800, FERC, and Canadian operator requirements.

- Programming or automation experience with Python, C++, MATLAB, Excel VBA, R, or similar tools.

- Proposal development, regulatory, technical advisory, or business-development experience.

Work Environment / Schedule

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- Fully remote within the U.S. or Canada.

- Collaboration across North American time zones.

- Occasional domestic and international travel.

- Valid passport and ability to travel across the U.S.–Canada border, as legally permitted.

Compensation and Benefits

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- $175,000–$215,000 base salary.

- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

- 401(k) with company contribution for U.S. employees

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