Senior Engineer Power Systems Software

Division: Operations

Department: System Modelling

Reference number:12969

Engagement type: Permanent

AEMO at the Heart of Energy

AEMO is Australias independent energy system and market operator and system planner. AEMOs purpose is to ensure safe reliable and affordable energy today and enable the energy transition for the benefit of all Australians. Australian governments are now committed to a net zero economy for Australia by 2050 and our vision is to enable this. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems and our core values revolve around character commitment and connection. Join us as we contribute to this significant transition in the energy sector.

About the role

This role is part of the Engineering Developer Services (EDS) team a highly specialised software development team at the heart of Australias energy transition. The EDS teamoperatesat the intersection of power systems engineering software development big data and advanced analytics delivering highimpact missioncritical platforms that influence national energy strategy and missioncritical platforms that influence national energy strategy and operational criticalplatforms that influence national energy strategy and operationaldecision-making.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cuttingedge hightechnology systems that are central to Australias transition to a secure reliable and sustainable electricity market. A key focus is the use of highresolution Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) data and other timesynchronised measurements to deliver unprecedented insight into power system behaviour. By enabling faster deeper and moreaccurateanalysis of system dynamics this work directly supports the safe integration of renewable generation inverterbased resources and emerging technologies such as gridscale storage and virtual power plants whilemaintainingsystem strength and resilience. The role focuses on the ongoing development of AEMOs Synchro Phasor Engineering & Computation Tool (ASPECT) which captures and stores highresolution PMU data to provide enhanced operational visibility detection and analysis of power system oscillations with a specific emphasis on subsynchronous oscillations arising in networks with high penetrations of inverterbased resources (solar wind and batteries).

This is a 12-month fixed term contract that can be based at any AEMO office.

What you will be doing

• Developing back-end software infrastructure necessary tofacilitatethe successful operation of the projects Python based power system analysis tools on the ASPECT Platform.

• Collaborating with Power System Engineers to re-write existing Python based power system analysis tools to an enterprise standard such that they are robust use best practice coding methods and are compatible with the AEMO in-house platform on which they will be hosted.

• Collaborating with Power System Engineers to add new functionality to Python based power system analysis tools.

• Developing and documenting processes for maintenance of the ASPECT Platform.

What you will bring to the role

• Tertiary qualification inSoftware Electrical Mechatronics Engineering or similar withsignificantindustryexperience in programming power system analysis or a related field.

• StrongPython programming skills and experience and experience with Python QA tooling coverage.

• Experience in developing graphical user interfaces using Vue and in power systemsanalysis and grid systems technologies (e.g. DERMS SCADA ADMS)will bebeneficial.

• Practical experience withdata processing pipelines;timeseries or streaming data and system monitoringloggingand alerting.

• Version control software (such as git) andtest drivendevelopmentandDomain modelling

In return some of our benefits to you

• Flexible working: work from home part timejob share hybrid optionsand additional leave options
• Professional development via projects industry networksjob rotation study assistance and more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Reward your hard work with annual performance bonuses (subject to eligibility).
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program discounted health insurance gym perks and our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process

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