Immediate 12+ month position available in Birmingham, AL.

Summary of Duties:
• This position provides support to the Grid Operations and Planning Research area within the Company’s Research & Development. The engineer will support projects and in time lead efforts to deploy and evaluate the performance of emerging technologies in this arena.
• The position is primarily focused on tools to support grid operations with an emphasis on power system analysis, “big data” analytics, and visualization.
• However, the work will involve projects in other areas of the power system.
• Knowledge of databases, data structures, computer networking is desirable as well as an aptitude to apply engineering analysis to solve problems.

Description of Work Environment:
• This position supports the Company's Research & Development department.
• An innovation center that facilitates the research, pre-operational development and assessment and demonstration of situational awareness technologies for Transmission and Distribution.
• Areas of focus include synchrophasor technology, next generation control center functionalities, cyber security testing, new visualization approaches, DERMS platform evaluation, data analytics as well as modeling and simulation including via a Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) with hardware-in-the-loop testing capability.

Education Requirements:
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (EE) required
• Mastered degree required.
• Specialization in Power Systems desired
• Experience with computer programming (Python, C#, SQL) desired
• Advanced degree in EE, computer science or other related fields strongly preferred

Job Responsibilities:
• Develop research plan to evaluate new technology
• Manage multiple tasks at one time
• Provide documentation of study assumptions and methods used to arrive at results
• Provide informative reports and presentations on projects
• Some overnight travel may be required but this is not extensive.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Must demonstrate good communication skills, both internal and external to the company
• Must have excellent organizational skills
• Must possess analytical skills as well as the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Must work well in a team environment
• Must have the ability to manage your own work schedule and work with limited direction
• Must have strong initiative – a self-starter
• Must be great at problem solving

Work Location/Arrangement:
• Primary work location is in Birmingham, AL.
• Candidate will work in a hybrid work arrangement reporting in-person/in-office at least 3 days per week (12 days a month).