Position Title: Energy Storage Engineer/Staff Level II
Requisition ID: REQ-4159
Position Type: Full time
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Energy Storage Engineer/Staff Level IILocation:
Charlotte, NC, Knoxville, TN, Palo Alto, CA, Washington, D.C.Job Summary and Description:
EPRI’s Energy Storage and Distributed Generation team performs cutting-edge research related to energy storage technology, economics, safety, and operation to support utilities and the energy industry. The team works collaboratively with utilities, project developers, technology manufacturers, safety personnel, industry organizations, and other stakeholders to advance the safe, effective, and practical deployment of energy storage technologies.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Performs advanced technical analysis with minimal direction and supervision.
- Conducts independent research and begins to manage small, less-complex projects.
- Conducts technical searches, literature reviews, and analysis to gather, synthesize, and document information in support of project activities and research needs.
- Supports energy storage demonstration projects, including development of test plans, commissioning support, field testing, data analysis, and evaluation of demonstration results.
- Supports energy storage safety research, including research related to safe system design, operation, emergency response, and decommissioning.
- Evaluates established and emerging energy storage technologies, including technology readiness, deployment experience, technical characteristics, performance, and potential applications.
- Provides technical advice and counsel to other professionals within EPRI.
- Reviews project progress and evaluates technical results.
- Exercises considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives and approaches associated with assigned work.
Additional Requirements:
- Develops relationships with program advisors and other industry stakeholders.
- Assists technical leads and managers in assessing customer needs, developing technical approaches, preparing proposals, technical publications/papers, and presentations.
- Presents technical work at external conferences, meetings, workshops, and other industry forums.
- Communicates research findings and project results to program members, potential members, and external stakeholders through technical reports, guidelines, meetings, webcasts, workshops, and conferences.
- Works across EPRI programs and develops relationships with other program technical teams.
- Provides guidance to junior staff.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required
- Masters degree in engineering or related field preferred
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