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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 5, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Grid Infrastructure
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- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
Provides engineering analysis and technical support to ensure continuing reliable operations of the electric power grid in compliance with NERC Standards, ERCOT Protocols and Market Guides.
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as the recognized technical expert for the department within and outside the organization
- Provides on-the-job training, mentoring or oversight of the work of other engineers/analysts as required
- Responds to executive and management inquiries and special reporting requests
- Collaborate with other ERCOT departments to select and implement system changes as needed
- Communicate results of analyses to appropriate stakeholders, including maintaining regular communication with the management team, providing relevant information to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements
- Examines, analyzes, and determines efficiency improvements for departmental and organizational processes and procedures
- Serves as the departmental representative on cross-functional teams, proactively providing technical, business, and policy guidance
- Serves as quality assurance and best practices resource within and outside of the department
- Builds strong professional relationships both internally and externally. Networks with key contacts within and outside the electric utility industry
- Leads the work of projects and audits as assigned by management
- May prepare reports and presentations to stakeholder bodies, the ERCOT Board of Directors and regulatory agencies, including preparing testimony
- Designs and performs steady-state and dynamic contingency analyses using power flow models (PSSE, VSAT, TSAT, or Powerworld) under the direction of a senior level engineer or management
- Designs and performs production cost modeling (UPLAN) studies to accomplish economic transmission planning under the direction of a senior level engineer or management
- Helps develop improvements to transmission planning and market forecasting processes
- Assists in providing input and analyses from the planning perspective on market/protocol design issues
- Assists in providing market simulation/forecasting and transmission planning analyses to support other activities
- Structures appropriate planning studies and sensitivity analyses to determine the need for improvements and evaluate proposed projects, including technical and financial analyses
- Participates in multifunctional teams to obtain input, address comments, and perform studies
- Assists in developing tools, processes and procedures that enhance system reliability and departmental/organizational efficiencies
- Participates with other ERCOT departments to select and implement system changes as needed
- REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Engineer Lead: Minimum 8 years experience as a power system engineer within the electric utility industry
- Experience within the electric utility industry preferred (both levels)
Requirements
- Experience performing large-scale dynamic stability analyses using power system simulation tools (PSSE, TSAT, Powerworld)
- Experience with EMT simulation tools (PSCAD), especially for large-scale system analysis
- Experience evaluating and updating power system dynamic models
- Experience programming and developing simulation automation tools (Python)
- Experience assessing and mitigating sub-synchronous resonance issues
- Experience assisting in the development of improvements to transmission planning processes and familiarity with NERC reliability standards
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