CareerPlan

Senior SCADA / PPC-EMS Systems Engineer

AustinFull-time$15k2026-10-21 → 2026-10-23

Core

Bridge between current plant operations and future product, owning PPC/EMS roadmap, device driver integration, system acceptance criteria, and test automation for GW-scale off-grid power plants.

Role type

Senior IC SCADA/EMS Systems Engineer

Builds

Repeatable SCADA, EMS, and plant network software features for GW-scale renewable power plants

Domain

Renewable energy (solar, wind, BESS) + Industrial Control Systems (SCADA/EMS)

Required skills

Utility-scale plant commissioning, PPC/EMS platform expertise (Ignition, RTAC), industrial protocols (Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850), plant networking (VLANs, redundancy, time sync), grid interconnection standards (IEEE 2800, NERC), test automation, Python scripting

Preferred skills

Power-plant cybersecurity (NERC CIP, IEC 62443), HIL testing (RTDS, OPAL-RT), time-series data stacks (InfluxDB, Grafana), protection coordination

Technologies

Ignition, RTAC, Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 61850, OPC UA, Python, InfluxDB, Grafana, MQTT, Kafka, RTDS, OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL

Responsibilities

Define PPC/EMS roadmap requirements and device driver integration; Build automated system-level test suites (HIL, lab rigs); Define pass/fail acceptance criteria for grid compliance; Architect next-gen SCADA/EMS/network solutions; Own data collection, logging, and telemetry requirements; Partner with Project Engineering on performance testing (FAT/SAT)

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC