Senior Power System Engineer at Kimley-Horn
Greenwood Village, CO
$100,000–$165,000from the description
Jun 29, 2026
Greenwood Village, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on advanced power system studies for utility-scale generation, battery storage, substations, and data center projects. Day-to-day work involves running electromagnetic transient simulations in PSCAD and dynamic RMS studies, analyzing phenomena such as overvoltages, switching transients, and fault response, then producing technical reports. It suits an electrical engineer with several years of power systems study experience and familiarity with grid interconnection requirements.
Mid level · 4+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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This role is primarily an Electrical Engineering position (power systems studies, EMT/dynamic simulations) rather than a computer/mathematical occupation. It was mapped to 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) as the closest available code given the heavy simulation-software focus (PSCAD, PSS/E), but non-technology is a genuine alternative — the core work is electrical engineering, not software development or IT operations. US SOC does not have a dedicated power-systems-engineer code in the 15-xxxx series.
A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is explicitly required; a Master's degree is listed as preferred.
A Professional Engineering (P.E.) license is required, or the candidate must be able to obtain one within 12 months — this is a hard gate not representable as a named technology skill.
ETAP, SKM, and EasyPower are listed together under 'Preferred' as interchangeable additional tools; ETAP is used as the primary name with SKM and EasyPower as alternatives.
IEEE 2800 and IEEE 1547 are listed under 'Preferred' / 'Knowledge of' and are treated as preferred rather than required.
Hybrid systems (BESS + generation + large loads) and data center/industrial load modeling experience are listed under 'Preferred' but name no specific tool, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Utility-specific interconnection requirements (ERCOT, WECC, BPA) are listed under 'Preferred' as domain knowledge rather than a named tool, so they are omitted.
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