Senior Electrical Engineer (Remote)

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer for their Vancouver, Washington location. In this role you will provide technical support for the Upgrade projects and other support for the Dispatcher Training Facility (DTF) environment. This position is 100% remote and is open to all locations within the United States.

This remote position is a one-year renewable contract. If you think you d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Senior Electrical Engineer:

• Provide a high level of professional engineering expertise, support and assistance in planning and implementing software projects critical to Transmission Services.
• Provide technical engineering expertise, input, and recommendations to appropriate manager / personnel for determining specifications and planning upgrade of systems in the Dispatch Training Facility.
• Maintain documentation of procedures & processes used in the development, integration & deployment, triage, troubleshooting & implementation of corrections to ETS.
• Provide training to other staff on above processes & procedures.
• With oversight and approval from the manager, design and code diagnostic software to assist hardware personnel in finding and resolving hardware problems.
• Provide Operation & Maintenance (O&M) support for the DTF Power System Model including supporting integration with the SCADA, A& PSST clones including:
  • Triage, troubleshooting & repair of system problems.
  • System performance monitoring.
  • Application corrections, improvements & functional enhancements as defined.
• Follow established software control standards and procedures and maintain quality documentation.
• Maintain documentation, files and filing system(s) in accordance with compliance requirements.
• Study existing failures and electronic problem reports, including those of hardware interfaces, to investigate and research current problems / issues.
• Work with the hardware staff, dispatchers, communications, and field personnel, as required, to draft and present root cause / problem analysis and corrective action recommendations for review, consideration, and acceptance by manager / personnel.
• Recommend software solutions and procedures to recover from malfunctions to keep downtime to a minimum.
• Monitor and analyze computer performance.
• Recommend alternate solutions, such as hardware changes, if they are considered necessary to improve performance.
• Draft operational procedures for computer operators, the Network and System Operations Center (N-SOC), software staff, and other users as required.
• Provide routine / standard technical engineering expertise, assistance, and approved training to the operators, N-SOC s, and hardware and software staff.

Requirements/Qualification for Senior Electrical Engineer:

• U.S. Citizenship and Valid Driver s License required.
• Bachelor s degree in engineering (from an ABET accredited school) is required.
• 10 year s previous engineering and/or design experience, with a diversified knowledge of engineering concepts, principles and practices experience required.
• Data systems & control systems design, principles, practices & concepts.
• Working in IT systems pertaining to control & operation of a complex real-time system.
• In addition, the system management & administration tasks require knowledge & experience working with:
  • GE Habitat database & display environment versions 4.1.2 thru 5.11 and above
  • GE EMP application version 1.51PLUS thru 3.3
  • Migration of GE systems from EMP 2.6 to 3.x
  • GE eterraSource product
• Programming, including obsolete languages (FORTRAN) and uncommon languages (QVTO)

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc: Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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