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Power Systems Engineer - PSCAD - Data Centers
📜 Description
- Build and validate PSCAD models for grid performance and utility compliance.
- Evaluate system behavior during faults and disturbances.
- Collaborate with internal teams, utilities, and equipment manufacturers.
- Support model reviews through commissioning.
- Contribute to complex, high-impact projects.
🛠️ Requirements
- Working collaboratively with others.
- Having ownership in the work you do.
- Using your talents to positively affect communities.
✨ Benefits
- Receive a competitive 401(k) match.
- Empowered to build your career with tailored development paths.
- Possibility for flexible work arrangements.
- Engage in work that positively impacts communities.
- Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles.
- Vision
- Dental
- Opportunity to participate in a performance-based bonus system.
Full job description
Company Description
We are Olsson. We engineer and design solutions that improve the world around us. As a company, we promise to always be responsive, transparent, and focused on results – for our people, our clients, and our company.
We’re a people-centric firm, so it’s no surprise our greatest asset is our people. The impact this creates is an environment that encourages our people to grow and be creative with their talents. This approach builds a culture that is uniquely Olsson. It allows us to grow our people as we grow our business. This, in turn, creates a lasting impact on the world around us.
Job Description
Olsson is seeking a Power Systems Engineer with PSCAD EMT modeling experience to support large‑scale data center projects and utility interconnections. This role focuses on building and validating PSCAD models that demonstrate reliable grid performance and meet utility requirements. The engineer will work closely with internal teams, utilities, and equipment manufacturers to evaluate system behavior during faults, voltage and frequency disturbances, and weak‑grid conditions, and to support model reviews through commissioning. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to complex, high‑impact projects while delivering practical solutions that support grid reliability and client needs.
Qualifications
You are passionate about:
- Working collaboratively with others.
- Having ownership in the work you do.
- Using your talents to positively affect communities.
You bring to the team:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in power system studies with hands‑on PSCAD EMT modeling.
- Understanding of power‑electronics‑based loads (UPS, VFDs, converters) and grid interconnection requirements.
- Experience supporting utility or ISO reviews preferred.
- Strong technical writing and collaboration skills
- Must be a licensed Engineer
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Additional Information
Olsson specializes in engineering and design, client advisory services, planning, field services, and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning, back when Olsson first opened for business in 1956. And it will be our mindset for years to come.
As an Olsson employee, you will:
- Receive a competitive 401(k) match
- Be empowered to build your career with tailored development paths
- Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements
- Engage in work that has a positive impact on communities
- Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles
In addition, full-time employees will receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.) and the opportunity to participate in a bonus system that rewards performance.
Olsson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran, and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, military status, or other protected status.
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