Electronics Engineer 3

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work onsite with our client. This Electronics Engineer 3 position will provide professional engineering expertise in support of systems planning and telecommunications infrastructure. Responsibilities include leading and contributing to the design, implementation, and support of communication and control systems such as fiber optics, digital and analog radio, microwave towers, and network monitoring tools. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop service plans, support field operations, and contribute to technical specifications and contract management. This full-time position is located in Vancouver WA.

Pay rate: $48.02 – $68.61

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit options: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions – employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

• Draft telecommunications decisions to lease or share operational circuits on communications systems.
• Work within a team to draft Communications/Control Planning (C&C) plans-of-service (PoS) for reimbursable study agreements. Study agreements may include requests by other utilities and organizations and for capital related projects.
• Work with the Power System Planning group to identify the required telecommunications elements and document the minimum C&C requirements to fulfill project requirements.
• Draft and recommend C&C PoS packages for communications circuits and telecom paths to fulfill requirements of communications, control, and relaying requirements for existing and new sites; this may include travel to remote locations to verify feasibility of C&C PoS.
• Document PoS on Project Requirements Diagrams (PRDs) website.
• Draft back-of envelope (BoE) estimates
• Draft the C&C portion of the Study Report
• Using draft PRD documents, create and submit Estimate Requests (ERs) for review and approval.
• Draft telecommunications decisions to lease or share operational circuits on communications systems for review and signature by the Supervisor of Communication/Control Planning.
• Using planning tools such as Pathloss and TCIS, provide analysis of Microwave paths, SONET configurations; results are used to create PoS packages.
• Communicate technical information verbally and in writing to technical and non-technical users.
• Provide project / task updates (oral or written) as requested by the Manager of Communications and Grid Modeling and/or Supervisor of Communications/Control Planning.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering or other closely related engineering field is required
• 10+ years previous electronics/electrical engineering experience, with a diversified knowledge of engineering concepts, principles and practices experience, is required
• 5+ years of experience with the following:
• Experience in developing cost estimates for communication items
• Experience in metering and telemetry requirements as related to interchange projects
• Experience disseminating technical information in writing and orally
• Experience in planning digital radio systems and long-haul fiber optic systems, preferably SONET systems
• Experience developing options, evaluating, and providing a preferred plan for meeting communications/control system functional requirements
• Working knowledge of transmission and operational telecommunications systems
• Experience in Electric Utility sector with an emphasis on C&C Planning, Electronic Design, Communications Maintenance, Technical Operations
• Experience developing plans-of-service for communication, control and data systems used to operate and control the power grid at large Electric Utilities
• Developing communications/control plans in conjunction with fulfilling transmission service
• Knowledge of the NERC and WECC Planning Standards as they apply to the Protective Relaying, Metering, Special Protection Systems and communication systems
• Experience applying WECC Communication System Performance Guide for Protective Relaying Systems
• Experience in communication requirements related to relaying and Remedial Action Schemes (RAS)
• Knowledge of and/or experience with planning or designing Ethernet-based WAN systems, preferably in a utility environment
• Communication network operation concepts and methods
• Communication network architecture principles and concepts
• Communication network operation, performance, planning
• Planning of communications, control and data systems for network transmission, network interconnections and customer service projects
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License is required