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About the Role
American Terawatt is seeking a Power Systems Engineer to design, model, test, and deploy HVDC terminals and transmission systems. This hands-on role involves contributing to power-system modeling, subsystem validation, and commissioning support, with the opportunity for growth into broader technical ownership.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the specification and design of HVDC systems, developing and validating terminal subsystems in simulation and physical hardware.
- Develop deep, end-to-end knowledge of the terminal design.
- Use EMT and transmission-system models to evaluate the impact of customer requirements, grid conditions, and vendor equipment on terminal performance.
- Translate analysis results into updated requirements, equipment specifications, and design recommendations.
- Develop and execute subsystem validation tests, including overstress and fault-injection testing.
- Compare physical test results with simulations, resolve discrepancies, and update models and designs.
- Support field commissioning to verify performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of commercial experience in power systems or electrical engineering.
- Hands-on experience with transmission planning tools (e.g., PSSE, PSLF, DIgSILENT PowerFactory).
- Hands-on experience with EMT tools (e.g., PSCAD, EMTP).
- Hands-on experience with industrial/distribution tools (e.g., ETAP, SKM PowerTools).
- Experience in the full engineering lifecycle from concept through design, development, testing, deployment, and commissioning of a functioning commercial system.
Skills
- EMT modeling
- Transmission-system modeling
- Subsystem validation
- Commissioning support
- Python
- MATLAB
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Onsite
- Travel as required
Experience Level
- 3+ years of commercial experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Controls, or Power Systems (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, including salary and material equity participation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 75% coverage for dependents and spouses
- Up to $300/month reimbursement for gym and wellness expenses
- Bay Club membership for SF-based employees
- Lunch provided daily when working from an office
- Unlimited PTO with manager approval
- Company-wide office closures for July 4 week and one week in December
- Laptop of choice provided
- Convenient SF office location on the Embarcadero and near public transit
- Pre-tax transit benefit
- Employee contribution 401(k) program
About the Company
- American Terawatt is building a new industrial electric grid for the United States, designing and deploying advanced power transmission systems for large industrial loads.
- Their systems deliver power to AI datacenters, automated manufacturing, refineries, and more, making interconnection fast, simple, and cheap.
- The backbone of their network is HVDC transmission, anchored by a unique terminal design that is standardized, modular, and integrates energy storage.