Staff Power Systems Engineer, Hardware in Loop

The role

The Power Systems Engineer, Hardware in Loop will develop and validate BESS and inverter models using RTDS/RSCAD and CHIL platforms. This person will perform dynamic and transient testing and support control validation, system integration, and project-specific performance requirements.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and validate power system and inverter control strategies using RTDS/RSCAD
• Develop and maintain Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (CHIL) test platforms
• Create test plans, automate test execution, analyze results, and maintain technical documentation
• Build and validate real-time power system models of BESS, PV, inverters, transformers, generators, loads, and balance-of-plant equipment
• Perform dynamic and transient studies to evaluate system stability, black start, load pickup, and other performance metrics
• Identify and resolve control, modeling, communication, and hardware-in-the-loop integration issues
• Support validation and benchmarking of PSCAD, PSS/E, and other offline simulation models
• Develop and expand in-house RTDS laboratory capabilities

Required qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as a power systems engineer
• Hands-on experience in RTDS/RSCAD, HIL/CHIL testing, or real-time power system simulation
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Controls, or a closely related discipline
• Proven experience developing and supporting integrated hardware and software test environments
• Ability to develop test automation, scripts, or control functions using Python, C, C++, or a similar programming language
• Strong experience with engineering simulation tools such as PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, or comparable platforms
• Solid understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals, circuit behavior, and control theory
• Practical experience with communication networks, laboratory measurement equipment, and real-time simulation platforms such as RTDS, OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL

About the company

Redwood Materials is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. The company is localizing a global battery supply chain that integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling.