Principal Project Engineer

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.

The RoleIn this role, the Principal Project Engineer will work on a variety of projects to implement and improve DGM’s control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from AspenTech’s Medina, Minnesota campus, and from company and customer sites as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the electricity, oil and gas, and water industries.Your Impact

• Design, plan, integrate, test and commission hardware and software requirements on customer systems.
• Provide technical sales support of state-of-the-art power systems applications for real-time control systems, including sales presentations and product demonstrations.
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements through customer communication and communicate the requirements to other departments as necessary.
• Provide networking and system/application design.
• Perform hardware, software and system installation, integration, and testing for projects.
• Customize system, hardware and network configuration based on customer requirements.
• Provide customer support and assistance per contract maintenance and warranty.
• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation as needed.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering or related field.
• Strong technical background in automation and computers with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with electrical utility control systems (SCADA, EMS, GMS, DMS, OMS, DERMS) or experience working in utility operations.
• Experience in one or more of the following: power systems, electric utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, client/server applications, network communications, UNIX / Linux / Windows operating systems.
• Experience in software programming and scripting (Python, C / C++).
• Excellent organization, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
• Ability to work on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
• Experience in database management (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra) preferred.
• Experience with JSON, XML preferred.
• Experience with common utility protocols (ICCP, DNP, MultiSpeak) preferred.
• Experience with OSI monarch control systems preferred.