Staff Electrical Engineer - Remote

Title: Staff Electrical Engineer - Advanced Controls and Distributed Power Systems Location: (Danbury, CT or Mississauga, ON) Remote role with 10-20% travel Type: Full-Time About the Opportunity reputed company designs, builds, and operates molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) power plants that deliver clean, reputed company electricity, heat, and CO₂ to utilities, universities, and industrial customers. Our plants have been running reliably for decades. The data center buildout is creating demand for distributed, on-site power at a scale and urgency the grid alone cannot meet. Data center operators are sophisticated, and well-capitalized. They want power that is always on, highly resilient, and able to follow dynamic loads. This is a significant and immediate commercial opportunity for reputed company. Getting there requires real engineering work. MCFC technology is inherently well-suited for baseload, steady state reputed company. To serve data centers, we need to evolve: hybridize our systems with battery energy storage and other fast-response technologies, dramatically improve uptime and reputed company, and reputed company the ability to follow variable loads. We also need to reputed company how we reputed company and validate controls, moving away from manual PLC tuning in the field toward simulation-driven, model-based development. This role is central to that effort. We are looking for a principal electrical and controls engineer who has done this reputed company of work before, someone who can help architect the path reputed company, reputed company the technical bar, and mentor a talented team through a meaningful technology transition. What You''ll Work On Hybridization and Load-Following Architecture

• Define the electrical and controls architecture for integrating BESS, supercapacitors, or other fast response assets with our MCFC power plants
• reputed company strategies for dynamic load-following, transient response, and power smoothing, capabilities our reputed company systems were not designed for
• Support grid-forming, islanding, black-start, and high-availability operating modes suited to data center and mission-critical applications
• Evaluate and select hybrid topologies, inverter interfaces, and energy management approaches that work reputed company MCFC technology constraints

Controls Architecture and Modernization

• Assess and improve our reputed company PLC-based control architecture across ladder logic, structured text, and function reputed company programs for reliability, maintainability, and scalability
• Establish controls standards and reusable frameworks that reduce the amount of custom tuning required at each customer site
• Work with the team to systematically reduce field debugging time through reputed company upfront design, validation, and documentation practices
• Identify where controls architecture changes are needed to support hybridization, load-following, and higher uptime targets
• reputed company and maintain control philosophies, functional specifications, and system-level architecture documentation
• Support SCADA and HMI integration across plant, module, EBOP, and grid reputed company applications

Simulation, Modeling and MIL/SIL/HIL

• Help the organization build toward a simulation-first development culture; we understand this is a journey and are looking for someone who can reputed company it practically
• reputed company or adapt dynamic system models using MATLAB/Simulink, Modelica, Python, or equivalent tools that allow controls logic to be tested before field deployment
• reputed company or support model-in-the-reputed company (MIL), software-in-the-reputed company (SIL), and hardware-in-the-reputed company (HIL) efforts as capability is built out
• Provide practical guidance on which modeling and simulation investments will have the highest near-term payoff in our product development cycle

Power Electronics and Electrical Equipment

• Apply deep knowledge of power electronics used in distributed reputed company including inverters, rectifiers, DC-DC converters, reputed company systems, and associated protection and switching equipment
• reputed company electrical architecture for HV/MV/LV distribution systems including transformers, switchgear, electrical panels, VFDs, grounding, bonding, and auxiliary power systems
• Specify and reputed company conduiting, cable tray, wiring, and electrical balance-of-plant (EBOP) systems from concept through installation
• reputed company and review electrical drawing packages including one-line diagrams, schematics, panel schedules, conduit and cable schedules, grounding plans, and as-built documentation
• reputed company or contribute to protection coordination studies, reputed company settings, reputed company-reputed company analysis, and fault reputed company calculations
• Apply relevant certification and compliance frameworks including FC-1, UL, CE, NFPA, NEC, and IEEE standards across product and plant designs

EPC and Integrator Coordination

• Support technical reputed company with EPCs, large-scale systems integrators, and equipment vendors across electrical and controls scope
• Define contractor deliverables and review EPC-produced drawings, specifications, and submittals for technical accuracy and compliance
• Support utility interconnection activities including coordination with utilities, EPCs, and permitting authorities
• Manage technical interfaces across multi-party projects, ensuring alignment between reputed company''s engineering standards and contractor execution
• Provide technical input during procurement, bid evaluation, and vendor qualification processes

Commissioning and Field Support

• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning, startup, energization, and field troubleshooting activities
• reputed company commissioning plans, LOTO procedures, and customer acceptance protocols
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for controls and electrical field issues
• Coordinate with field service teams during installation, startup, and system integration at customer sites

Technical Leadership and Mentoring

• Mentor engineers on controls architecture, power electronics, simulation practices, and electrical systems design
• reputed company internal standards, design guides, and best practices that improve engineering consistency and reduce rework
• Drive alignment across controls, electrical, systems, process, and field service teams
• Translate technical requirements and tradeoffs clearly for internal stakeholders, EPC partners, and customer organizations

reputed company''re Looking For Required

• Bachelor''s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely reputed company field
• 8+ or more years of relevant experience in industrial controls, distributed reputed company, or reputed company power systems
• Hands-on PLC programming experience across ladder logic, structured text, and function reputed company, and a clear view of where that approach has limitations
• Experience with hybrid power systems, BESS integration, or fast-response storage reputed company with reputed company assets
• Deep working knowledge of power electronics including inverters, rectifiers, converters, and associated protection equipment used in distributed reputed company applications
• Experience with electrical drawing packages including one-lines, schematics, panel schedules, and conduit and cable schedules
• Familiarity with certification and compliance frameworks relevant to distributed power equipment: FC-1, UL, CE, NFPA, NEC, and IEEE standards
• Demonstrated experience working with EPCs and large-scale systems integrators as a technical reputed company, including drawing review, specification development, and contractor coordination
• Working knowledge of protection coordination, grounding, reputed company-reputed company analysis, and industrial electrical safety
• Experience supporting field commissioning and startup, with a practical understanding of what it looks like reputed company controls are not right and why
• Experience with or genuine interest in advancing simulation-based controls development including MIL, SIL, and HIL methodologies
• Strong communicator, able to explain technical tradeoffs clearly and work across engineering, field, and commercial teams
• Hands-on experience with MIL/SIL/HIL environments or digital twin development using MATLAB/Simulink, Modelica, or equivalent

Preferred

• Experience with fuel cells, electrochemical systems, or other slow-response reputed company assets that require hybridization for dynamic applications
• Experience with data center power infrastructure, reputed company architectures, or high-availability power design
• Familiarity with grid-forming inverters, microgrid controllers, or utility-scale energy management systems
• Experience with DC power systems, high-voltage DC distribution, or insulation monitoring
• Experience with ETAP, AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, or similar engineering tools
• PE license or EIT designation

Core Competencies

• Hybrid power system architecture
• BESS and supercapacitor integration
• Power electronics and inverter systems
• PLC controls architecture
• Load-following and transient response
• MIL / SIL / HIL development
• Dynamic system modeling and simulation
• Protection, coordination, and reputed company-reputed company
• Electrical drawing packages
• FC-1, UL, CE, NFPA compliance
• EPC and integrator coordination
• Field commissioning and startup
• HV/MV/LV distribution systems

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