Remote Power System Applications Engineer

Summary

Comity is seeking a Power System Applications Engineer to develop electric grid and market simulations for their energy system improvement mission. The engineer will work closely with Quantitative Researchers, extend the research platform, and have broad impact on the company's platform design, technology choices, and team culture.

Requirements

• A master's degree in Electrical Engineering plus 4+ years of experience in the electric power industry or a PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power systems engineering
• Experience with two or more power system modeling tools such as Dayzer, Tranzer, PowerWorld, PSS/E, or similar
• Comfortable reading and writing Python code and have experience with collaborative software development
• Knowledge about optimal power flow modeling, security constrained economic dispatch (SCED) algorithms, contingency analysis, and transmission shift and loss factors
• Familiarity with modeling energy resources and storage as well as US power markets

Responsibilities

Develop electric grid and market simulations which inform the development of market-leading power contract origination strategies

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge or familiarity with optimization techniques such as convex, stochastic, and robust optimization and linear and convex programming is a plus

Benefits

Flexible approach to remote work and work from home