Amperesand - Staff Applications Engineer-Grid Integration
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus). • Proficiency with PSCAD and PSSE (and/or comparable EMT/phasor-domain simulation tools). • Experience with MW-scale power electronics, grid-tie inverters, or renewable/storage integration, and MV electrical infrastructure design. • Experience with grid interconnection processes for utility-scale generation or storage assets, including direct engagement with utilities and EPCs. • Familiarity with relevant interconnection standards and grid codes (e.g., IEEE 1547, NERC reliability standards, regional utility interconnection requirements, ride-through requirements) and experience tracking evolving grid policy, including large load and load flexibility rules. • Strong communication skills, with the ability to serve as a senior technical liaison across internal and external stakeholders, including customer-facing settings. • Ability to travel to customer/project sites as needed. • Experience working in a startup. • Experience validating power system models against field or test data, with the ability to translate validation findings into actionable feedback for model developers. • Experience working cross-functionally with sales, product management, and product design/engineering teams. • How We Work • Employment Type: Full TimeLocation:San Francisco / Sunnyvale / RenoWork Model:OnsiteTravel Requirements:Occasional travel between U.S. offices.Onsite Collaboration Rationale:Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes. • Location: • Work Model: • Onsite Collaboration Rationale: • $180,000 - $220,000 USD • $160,000 - $180,000 USD • Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options. • Please note • While this role is listed for the location above, we may consider candidates in other locations on a case-by-case basis. • Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.
Responsibilities
• Act as Amperesand’s primary technical authority on all subjects related to grid intergration and interconnection, interfacing with Utilities, EPCs, and customer teams. • Validate the PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models produced by the Controls team, ensuring EMT models agree with EMS, ensuring they work for representative system architectures, and ensuring they meet the requirements set by the Product team. • Utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study, develop, and optimize reference architectures applicable to Amperesand’s customer base. • Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical package including documentation, test results, and electrical system models to be utilized by Amperesand customers, EPCs, and Utilities. Guide these entities in the usage of the this technical package, ensuring smooth interconnection of all Amperesand projects. • Interact with Utilities, National Labs, researchers to analyze the utility sector and be a leading strategic voice on how to address needs in the Utility sector. • Partner with Amperesand’s Policy lead to track policy changes related to large load connections, including load flexibility requirements, and translate implications into technical and product guidance. • Support Amperesand’s product team to catalog product requirements related to grid connections, including ride-through requirements, grid codes, etc. • Partner with Amperesand Sales, Customer Programs, Product, Engineering, Compliance teams to land projects, then ensure product deployment excellence.
Benefits
• Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems • High ownership and visibility • Cross-functional collaboration • Opportunity to shape future products and infrastructure • Fast-moving startup environment • Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. • The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States: • United States: • Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options • Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance • 401k retirement savings plan through Empower • Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays • Commuter Benefits • 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks) • The benefits outlined below apply to employees located in Singapore: • Singapore • Group medical, hospitalisation and surgical insurance, outpatient or GP coverage, group term life, dental and personal accident insurance • Employer and employee Central Provident Fund contributions in accordance with the CPF Act (for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents) • Annual leave, paid sick leave, hospitalisation leave, and all Singapore public holidays, in line with or exceeding the Employment Act • Commuter Benefits • Government-paid maternity, paternity, shared parental, and childcare leave in accordance with prevailing Singapore statutory entitlements • Additional benefits may be available depending on the role and employment type. Benefits are subject to the terms of applicable company policies and plans. • Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection • As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process. • Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share. • Equal Employment Opportunity
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