Software Engineer III – Grid Edge Solutions

Overview

The Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division of PNNL is accelerating the transition to a decarbonized, efficient, resilient, and secure energy system through basic and applied research. We leverage a strong technical foundation in power and energy systems and in advanced data analytics to drive innovation, transform markets, and shape energy policy.

Learn more about the Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division at: https://www.pnnl.gov/electricity-infrastructure-buildings-division

Responsibilities

Our Energy Systems Engineering Group is looking for a Software Engineer III – Energy Research with power systems domain knowledge to perform data integration and tool development research to facilitate the integration of distributed energy resources and smart devices. The work will include leveraging power systems domain knowledge for the conception, design, development, and application of software tools to demonstrate concepts, perform analysis, and assist industry practitioners. Staff in this role will work on complex problems in national energy and smart grids; work with large-scale models and data using graph data structures; apply industry standards for data exchange (such as the Common Information Model); and write scientific papers in interdisciplinary domains.

The successful candidate will:

Exercise standard software development practices, including but not limited to, source code management, version control, and testing protocols, within an agile software development methodology.

Collaborate with staff across the group and division to translate domain requirements into software requirements, working software applications, new software components, and reusable software libraries.

Apply software solutions to solve problems in the power systems domain.

Leverage experience with object-oriented programming (e.g., Python, C, or Java).

Demonstrate expertise in data structures and data interfaces, as well as power systems.

Apply systems thinking to integrate software systems with the power grid and its interdependent systems.

Lead small projects and large tasks and managing budget and timeframes; identifying new tasks and setting technical direction

Lead technical products, such as technical reports and journal articles, and presenting at conferences and technical forums.

Lead and contribute to the development of proposals for new capability development and application enhancements.

Mentor and grow junior staff.

The successful candidate will be accountable to the Energy Systems Engineering Group Leader and the Team Leader for general staff performance and development, operational discipline (e.g., maintaining training qualifications, procedural compliance, safe operations), and project execution, and will work with the project management office director or project managers to ensure delivery of project work on time and within budget.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

HS/GED and 16 years of relevant experience -OR-

AA and 14 years of relevant experience -OR-

BS/BA and 5 years of relevant experience -OR-

MS/MA or higher and 3 years of relevant experience -OR-

PhD and 1 year of relevant experience

Qualifying software development experience in designing, architecting, programming, deploying, and automating software solutions in support of scientific research or consumer digital product development may be counted

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree in electrical, computer, or software engineering, or related field.

Experience designing or developing software within a team.

Experience with power systems modeling using the Common Information Model (CIM).

Experience with graph databases and labeled property graphs for data storage.

Experience with message bus paradigms (ActiveMQ, Kafka, etc.).

Significant experience with Python and Java programming languages.

Experience with time series databases (PostgresQL, InfluxDB, etc.) and time series data management.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an interest in documenting and publishing findings through technical reports, journal articles and conference presentations.

Additional useful experience would include:

Experience with a versioning system such as Git.

Experience working with end users to deploy applications onto their systems.

Interest in grid modernization, electrification, and distributed energy resources.

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not applicable.

Additional Information

Not applicable.

Testing Designated Position

This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP).

About PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a world-class research institution powered by a highly educated, diverse workforce committed to the values of Integrity, Creativity, Collaboration, Impact, and Courage. Every year, scores of dynamic, driven people come to PNNL to work with renowned researchers on meaningful science, innovations and outcomes for the U.S. Department of Energy and other sponsors; here is your chance to be one of them!

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Minimum Salary

USD $124,700.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $197,100.00/Yr.