Project Test Engineer – Transportation Electrification

Project Engineers/Test Engineering, Transportation Electrification

2 openings – 3326

1 yr contract + potential extensions

Hybrid – 1 x per wk on Tuesdays

1 local candidate

1 remote candidate -PST Time zone

NO c2c or 3rd party

Summary

Fast-growing Grid Edge Engineering team seeks a highly motivated candidates to support the development and implementation of new Transportation Electrification (TE) projects and programs. The candidate will work closely with our TE programs team to develop and execute managed charging demonstration projects (demand response, optimized charging, vehicle-to-everything). The ideal candidate will have an engineering background, experience working at/with a utility, and be familiar with the principles of test engineering and product development.

In this role, you will work on the leading edge of electric vehicle charge management technology and through well-designed demonstration projects you will help the company decide which solutions should be offered as full-scale customer programs. These programs would be part of a Virtual Power Plant that would improve our ability to balance the load on the grid as we increase renewable energy generation and create a clean energy future.

Responsibilities

• Project Development: Define project scope, learning objectives, test plan, and other project plan elements to ensure the project delivers valuable results and allows to evaluate the project’s viability for larger scale deployment

• Testing: Lead the execution of the test plan including software integrations, communication protocols, and data sharing while identifying potential challenges and developing solutions

• Project Evaluation: Develop the strategy to evaluate the project results against its objectives, analyze data to quantify the results, and document and share the learnings with key stakeholders

• Technical Expertise: Act as the subject matter expert providing clear direction for the project, answering technical questions, and maintaining currency in relevant technologies and engineering practices

• Procedure: Adhere to client’s strategic innovation process and project management methodology for stakeholder engagement, tracking, approvals, evaluation, and governance

Preferred:

• Experience designing tests and evaluating results

• Project management experience

• Knowledge of electric vehicle charging hardware, software, and communication protocols, including bi-directional charging

• Experience with electric vehicle charge management systems, demand response management systems (DRMS), distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), or virtual power plants (VPP)

• Strong knowledge of electrical fundamentals (volts, amps, kilowatts, kilowatt-hours)

• Ability to quickly develop and apply learnings

• Ability to take initiative and move forward without clear direction

• Ability to collaborate and work well in cross-functional teams

• Ability to speak confidently and build trust with others

• Strong decision-making skills

• Strong written and oral-communication skills

Required Skills

Utilities and utility programs experience required.

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):

1. Utility/flex load experience

2. Test engineering/Product development

3. Self-starter/Initiative

Skills requires a high level of how hardware works with the software. Does not need a deep understanding of the software. Should be familiar with ChargePoint, Blink, and Beyond.

Needs to have a good understanding of Electric Vehicles & EV batteries.

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

1. Project management

2. TE experience – EV charger hardware/software

3. Collaboration/Teamwork

Education Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree): Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar (electrical, civil, mechanical, or other engineering discipline from ABET accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency).

3+ or more years in engineering

Pre-Employment Requirement

All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APR Staffing

APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.