Senior Electrical/Controls Engineer

About FlexGen

Based in Durham, N.C., FlexGen is a leading integration services and software technology provider for energy storage solutions in the United States and globally. FlexGen designs and integrates storage solutions and the software platform that enables today’s energy transition. Leveraging its best-in-class energy management software and power electronics, FlexGen delivers utility-scale storage projects integrated with traditional and renewable power generation globally. The Company’s clients and partners include the most technically and commercially demanding developers, utilities, government agencies, and industrial companies in the world.

Energy storage represents a multibillion-dollar market at the center of the energy transition. The integration of energy storage requires software and technological solutions that play a critical role in the adoption of renewables at scale—offsetting the intermittent and reliability challenges that renewable power generation creates for the grid. Since its founding in 2009, FlexGen has supported deployments of more than 1.2 GWh of energy storage systems across the U.S. and internationally for utility, microgrid, and C&I customers. The Company’s proprietary software platform allows energy storage owners to deploy various power market strategies and combine storage solutions with any form of generation.

FlexGen is dedicated to providing best-in-class service and performance for its customers, ensuring safety, reliability, and resiliency in all operating environments. FlexGen supports the customer across the full journey of developing an energy storage project and leverages decades of engineering and software expertise to maximize the value that its customers ultimately receive. The company’s HybridOS solutions include six distinct energy management solution applications: DigitalTwin, FlexPack, SiteController, FleetManager, PowerCloud, and FlexBidr.

Position Description

As a Sr. Electrical/Controls Engineer, you will be the technical lead for various energy storage projects in which FlexGen is providing equipment and services. You will generate technical project deliverables and answer RFIs. You will report to the Director of Systems Engineering and work internally with a diverse group of teams including Software, Integration, Project Management and Field Services. This role will directly impact FlexGen's success by providing continuity in technical execution for many of the world’s leading-edge energy storage installations.

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Support energy storage projects from design through commissioning by:
• Interfacing with customer technical and project management team
• Working with supply chain and vendors to deliver equipment information
• Review project engineering drawings
• Answering technical RFIs
• Network design for energy storage systems using FlexGen best practices.
• Generating BOMs and schematics for control and networking
• Work with customer and internal teams to turn project control requirements into a control specification using FlexGen HybridOS configurations and control functions
• Support Integration and Commissioning teams by creating test plans and reviewing test results
• Manage project technical documents
• Support other team members in reviewing engineering deliverables
• Support Systems Team by contributing to technical discussions, lessons learned, and helping develop process
• Contribute to the software configuration needed for FlexGen HybridOS Energy Management System to perform on site
• Support company technical initiatives to help provide better solutions for control cabinets, augmentation, etc.

Position Requirements:

• Minimum of BS degree in engineering or related technical field
• Minimum of four (4) years of work experience as an engineer or technical project manager
• Deep practical and theoretic knowledge of at least 2 of the following: Power Systems, Control Systems, Communications/Networking, Power Conversion, Energy Storage, Site Electrical Design, Grid Interconnection Process
• Understand three phase power system principles, such as short circuit protection, voltage/frequency variance, and grid stability
• Familiar with electrical single line diagrams, mechanical drawings, and network diag