We are seeking a Principal Project Engineer to serve as project technical lead delivering complex SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS solutions using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management (DGM) products for utility customers. You will be accountable for end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, integration, validation, commissioning, and operational handover, while mentoring team members on your projects and contributing to shared best practices.
Job Description
- Technical leadership of projects: Define solution architectures and integration approach for assigned project(s); lead technical decisions, design reviews, and quality gates within scope to ensure robust, scalable outcomes.
- Plan, design, integrate, and validate: Plan and execute detailed design and integration; establish verification approaches and lead Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) with traceability to requirements.
- Commissioning & stabilization: Oversee commissioning and cutover plans, perform advanced troubleshooting for complex variances in production environments, and ensure timely deployment of resolutions.
- Project team guidance: Provide day‑to‑day technical direction to engineers and partners on your projects, promoting reusability and delivery discipline.
- Customer & stakeholder engagement: Work directly with utility SMEs and project managers to refine requirements, manage technical changes, and ensure performance, reliability, and operability targets are met.
- Engineering excellence: Apply and uphold established standards for configuration management, environment readiness, and documentation; contribute improvements and reusable assets.
- Enablement & knowledge sharing: Mentor peers, assist with training materials, and share best practices within the project team and local group.
- Strategic pre‑sales engagement: On an as‑needed basis, provide technical validation of delivery approaches and limited support for customer evaluations/demos on priority pursuits.
Additional Job Description:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field.
- Minimum of 6+ years of relevant experience in utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, or mission-critical OT/IT integration, with a track record of serving as project technical lead on complex deliveries.
- Experience delivering systems across SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS; Monarch experience is preferred.
- Hands-on depth with client/server applications, network communications, and Linux/Windows; familiarity with programming/scripting (e.g., Python, C/C++) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra); experience with JSON and XML.
- Practical experience with common utility protocols and standards (e.g., ICCP, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-101/104, IEC 61850, MultiSpeak).
- Excellent organization, interpersonal, and leadership skills within project teams; able to manage multiple workstreams in fast‑paced environments; strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
- Ability to travel up to approximately 20%.
- Work arrangement: Hybrid; primary office Reading, UK.
