Project Engineer, SCADA and Controls Systems
At a glance
Mid-level role at Terabase Energy. Remote, United States · full-time · $110,000–$125,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set SCADA design requirements from customer project documents, then guide engineering work through customer handover
- Shape monitoring and control systems for utility-scale renewable projects, including system architecture and detailed design documents
- Coordinate technical decisions, people and project milestones with project managers and external partners
- Prepare design, development and commissioning documents, and help test SCADA systems before and during commissioning
- Guide junior engineers and technicians, while adding to team training and internal technical documentation
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, technology or a related area
- At least three years developing SCADA for solar PV and battery storage installations
- Working knowledge of a programming language, communications architecture and industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP or DNP3
- Experience handling several projects at once and working directly with customers
Who this fits
This role suits an engineer ready to lead technical delivery while assigning work and mentoring less experienced teammates. You’ll work across projects from kickoff through customer handover, with occasional travel of up to fifteen percent. The position is remote and based in Berkeley.
From the employer
Position Summary:
Be the technical lead for a team in identifying customer requirements, analyzing, and evaluating multiple solutions, developing functional and physical architecture, verifying, and validating high-complexity systems. This position will assign tasks to junior engineers and technicians to achieve the designs. In this position, you will work on the project from kickoff to customer handover and will be supported by the design, development, and commissioning teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and/or self-perform the execution of engineering activities.
- Review customer-provided project documentation and define the project’s SCADA Design Requirements for the project.
- Work alongside project managers to provide technical oversight of the project end-to-end, managing internal and external resources to meet the project milestones and deliverables.
- Support the review of engineering services proposals.
- Engage with Developers, Owner’s Representatives, Utilities, EPCs, Vendors, internal Products, Project, Design, and Commissioning personnel
- Contributes to the design of monitoring and control systems for utility scale renewable energy projects.
- Work with internal and external design partners:
- Architecting and developing detailed design documentation including System Architecture Diagrams, Device Points List, IP lists, Logic Diagrams, HMI mockups.
- Generate project documentation at the different stages of the project, including design, development and commissioning-related documentation.
- Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to less experienced engineers and team members.
- Support the creation and enhancement of our internal knowledge base and documentation.
- Support Factory Acceptance Testing of SCADA system and related components.
- Support Commissioning and System Acceptance Testing of SCADA system and related components.
Requirements
- Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Technology, or related field
- Ability to effectively communicate with team members and business partners
- 3+ years of SCADA development, specifically for solar (PV) and Battery (BESS) installations. Ignition experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of programming language
- Experience with communications architectural design
- Working knowledge of industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3, OPC-UA, IEC 61850, ICCP, etc.
- Working knowledge of communications and network design principles
- Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Participated in or led continued improvement/lessons learn ed programs
- Experience dealing with customers
- Travel up to 15% occasionally.
Benefits
Compensation And Benefits
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each posted range, individual pay is determined (and may be greater or higher), dependent on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
The salary range for this position is $110,000- $125,000
Terabase offers competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including:
• Generous time off and holiday policy
• Remote flexibility
• Flexible time off
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Career progression
• 401k match
• Stock options
• Home office set up allowance
• And much more!
Terabase is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, employ, train, promote, and compensate individuals based on job-related qualifications and abilities. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
We do not discriminate for any reason including race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military/ veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, the diverse consumers we represent, and the communities we call home.
Principles only. This role is not open to receiving agency candidates, and any contingent submissions will not be considered. Terabase Energy does not utilize third-party recruitment agencies. Please contact our Recruiting team at careers@terabase.energy with any staffing-related inquiries.
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