Electrical Engineer

Actalent is currently seeking a qualified Electrical Engineer for a position in Vancouver, WA.

This Electrical Engineer position will provide expertise and high-level technical engineering assistance to the Energy Management Systems (EMS) organization (JDE) at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). JDE provides life-cycle support for Energy Management Systems (EMS) used in support of BPA's control centers. This includes engineering, design, operations, maintenance, and technical leadership for systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Automatic Generation Control (AGC), on-line power flow and state estimation systems, and the dispatcher training environments which simulate the power grid. This position will provide support for the operations and maintenance of BPA's Dispatch Training Facility (DTF) systems, including the

training simulator and interconnected EMS clone systems. This position will perform EMS Habitat system database updates, provide

customer coordination, modify and execute BPA management approved vendor and custom software, maintain quality documentation,

and provide recommendations and technical input to enable BPA and the organization to meet federal, regional and BPA cyber security

compliance requirements. The work of this position will also include applicable cyber security functions and supplemental project support

as listed in Position Responsibilities below.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of professional engineering expertise in the integration, customization, maintenance and operation of the Dispatch Training Simulator (DTS) software and interconnected systems used in BPA's Dispatch Training Facility (DTF).
• Review proposed changes and enhancements to the DTF systems, making critical analyses and evaluation of the capability of the systems and the costs required to implement changes and make recommendations to the BPA manager or Team Lead on whether changes should be implemented.
• Create / draft event-based scenarios for testing and training.
• Collaborate with engineers and internal customers to provide technical expertise in discussions on existing or potential engineering projects and products.
• Perform troubleshooting and provide technical support to internal craft/customer personnel in regards to DTF systems and training simulators
• Attend project scoping and requirement meetings or design reviews, recommend changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer to BPA staff on continued operations and maintenance of DTF systems.
• Operate the DTF systems in coordination with the operation of multiple other computer and database systems and in a manner that is compliant with regulatory standards.
• Follow Transmission Services established software control standards and procedures, and maintain quality documentation.
• Study existing failures and electronic problem reports, including those of hardware interfaces, to determine the cause of the problems.
• As requested, work with hardware staff, dispatchers and other relevant parties to develop / draft and recommend solutions.
• Draft and make recommendations to the BPA manager and assist in the implementation of BPA management approved software solutions and procedures to recover from malfunctions in order to minimize downtime.
• Monitor and analyze computer/system performance; design and install BPA management approved software changes; may recommend other process solutions, such as hardware changes, as necessary to improve performance.
• Draft DTF operational procedures for Dispatch Trainers and Trainees, as requested
• Provide technical, documentation and modeling assistance in the BPA data modeling environments (currently Stepmodel, ETS, and PSST) as needed for DTF training sessions and testing.
• Provide technical and documentation assistance in the NEMO (New Ems Modeling Options) projects as requested by the BPA manager or Project Manager. Some TDF required databases are expected to be created in ETS in future releases of the NEMO products.
• Provide technical assistance and training to BPA internal DTF and Network Systems Operations Center (NSOC) Hardware and Software staff as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, preferable Electrical Engineering is required
• 10 years experience in power system engineering, design and project scoping is required
• Knowledge of Alstom e-terraHabitat (version 5.8) and e-terraPlatform (EMP) (version 2.5, 2.6) software sufficient to develop, test and integrate application software in those environments.
• Ability to use high level programming languages such as FORTRAN and C++, and script sufficiently to create, modify and maintain applications written in these languages.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $91.00 - $96.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Vancouver,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 17, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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