Senior Digital Twin Engineer, Power Systems

Base Salary

$175K - $205K

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Firm Topology

A grid-technology company building real-time digital twins of transmission and substation assets for utility planning and protection validation.

The Team

Five engineers across real-time simulation and protection. You report to the Director of Grid Simulation.

The challenge

A protection scheme has to be proven before it ever goes to a live substation, and the only honest way to do that is to run the relays against a real-time model of the grid they will actually protect. The twin has to stay faithful to the field, so when the model and the PMU data start to drift apart, someone has to find out why before the planners trust a study built on it.

Role overview

This is a power-systems role for an engineer who codes, not an ML engineer who read about grids. You build physics-based, real-time models of transmission and substation assets that run on RTDS and power-hardware-in-the-loop benches, validate IEC 61850 digital-substation schemes and protection relays via hardware-in-the-loop before field deployment, and fuse PMU and SCADA telemetry into the twin so it stays calibrated against what the grid is actually doing.

Specializations

real time simulationIEC 61850 digital substationpower hardware in the loop

Technical requirements

  • BSEE or MSEE with a power systems focus
  • 7+ years in power systems engineering, with real-time simulation or HIL experience
  • Hands-on with RTDS or OPAL-RT for real-time and hardware-in-the-loop testing
  • Working knowledge of IEC 61850, GOOSE, and Sampled Values for digital substations
  • Understanding of protection relays and protection scheme validation
  • Proficiency in Python and EMT modeling in PSCAD/EMTDC

Key responsibilities

  • Build physics-based, real-time models of transmission lines, transformers, and substation assets
  • Run models on RTDS and OPAL-RT benches for controller- and power-hardware-in-the-loop testing
  • Validate IEC 61850 digital-substation schemes and protection relays via HIL before field deployment
  • Fuse PMU and SCADA telemetry into the twin and detect model drift against field data
  • Develop EMT models in PSCAD/EMTDC for transient and protection studies
  • Build the calibration workflows that keep the twin aligned with the physical grid

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary: $175,000 - $205,000
  • Annual bonus target 12%
  • Hybrid schedule with bench time on-site
  • Continuing education budget ($5,000/year)
  • 4 weeks PTO plus company holidays

Senior Digital Twin Engineer, Power Systems

$175K - $205K base

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