Senior Engineer

Xendee is a rapidly growing cleantech software company on a mission to accelerate the global transition toward sustainable, and resilient distributed energy systems. We are the leading microgrid decision support SaaS platform for designing and operating sophisticated on-site energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector.

Our mission is unlock the microgrid market by arming our customers with unique, sophisticated software that dramatically accelerates their ability to sell, design and operate complex distributed energy systems and microgrids at scale. We approach our mission with renowned technical leadership, a focus on customer service, and a culture of innovation and intellectual curiosity.

We are seeking a senior engineer (full time) for our Las Vegas location; remote work is supported. You will be a key member in our engineering team and provide optimization algorithm development work as well communication integration. Furthermore, you are supporting our internal teams with AI enabled forecasting methodologies as well as our clients with mathematical and power flow modelling and optimization.

As a Senior Engineer you will perform following tasks:

• Support the development, testing, and demonstration of new DER and Microgrid algorithm capabilities, especially in our Microgrid control system OEPRATE.
• Integrate new optimization features into our Microgrid control system OPERATE
• Integrate OPERATE in client communication interfaces
• Program APIs for communication between client and Xendee OPERATE
• Engage with our clients and either lead their project modelling or support them on their modelling needs.
• Collect project data, use Xendee software technology, interpret results, and prepare client presentations.

The position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills along with abilities to think innovatively and independently, to explore, simulate and optimize various aspects of distribution energy systems and Microgrid systems considering electrical infrastructure. Furthermore, excellent interpersonal and presentation skills are needed to interact with our clients.

Essential Qualifications

1. MS (preferable PhD) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or similar technical education) with experience in engineering science relevant to distribution grids, distributed energy resources, Microgrids, and optimization techniques.
2. Profound experience in energy modelling and Microgrids, optimization techniques, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
3. Experience in distribution systems and power flow modelling.
4. Experience in programming with Python and optimization platforms.
5. Experience in communication protocols as TCP/IP Modbus.
6. Demonstrated ability to effectively conduct and perform in a collaboratively teamwork environment, and professionally interact with a broad range of partners and stakeholders.
7. Demonstrated ability to independently carry out work.
8. Excellent organizational, analytical, and record-keeping skills.
9. Outstanding interpersonal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience in preparing both technical and executive level reports.

We offer an innovative, flexible, and growing international work environment with competitive compensation and benefits.