Stem provides clean energy solutions and services designed to maximize the economic, environmental, and resiliency value of energy assets and portfolios. Stem’s leading AI-driven enterprise software platform, Athena®, enables organizations to deploy and unlock value from clean energy assets at scale. Powerful applications, including AlsoEnergy’s PowerTrack, simplify and optimize asset management and connect an ecosystem of owners, developers, assets, and markets. Stem also offers integrated partner solutions to help improve returns across energy projects, including storage, solar, and EV fleet charging. For more information, visit www.stem.com.

Stem’s culture embodies diversity & inclusion beyond the traditional facets of gender, ethnicity, age, disabilities, and sexual orientation to include experience, personality, communication, workstyles, and more. At our core, Stem is at the momentous intersection of clean energy and software technology where diverse ideas, experiences, and professional skills converge to make the inclusive culture we have today. Together, we are turning old school thoughts about software and energy into progressive, collaborative, and innovative solutions. By joining our team, you will be collaborating with data scientists, energy experts, skilled salespeople, thought-leading executives and more from a range of backgrounds. This intersection of ideas, beliefs, and skills is what makes us unique enough to lead the world’s largest network of digitally connected energy storage systems.

What we are looking for:

Stem is a leading provider of renewable energy monitoring systems. The Senior Controls Engineer is responsible for providing high-quality design and implementation support for the AlsoEnergy SCADA and Power Plant Control products for our rapidly growing customer base, delivering solutions to both technical and non-technical end users.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies customer goals and designs, documents, and implements projects to requirements.
• Designs, constructs, and integrates Power Plant Control (PPC) implementations along with Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) & SCADA for the Consumer & Industrial and Utility renewable generation systems.
• Conducts and documents testing including Bench Testing, FAT, and SAT.
• Develops, integrates, and supports new processes, products, and standardizations.
• Manages and owns SCADA development efforts around Ignition HMI and AlsoEnergy’s PowerManager and PowerTrack platforms.
• Provides appropriate and timely technical advice on matters relating to PPC, DAS, SCADA.
• Helps customers, AlsoEnergy support, and AlsoEnergy Field Service Teams solve technical issues with products.
• Support plant commissioning activities with occasional travel to critical sites as needed up to 15% of the time.
• Independently manage project pipelines and stakeholder expectations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• 3 Years of controls engineering experience.
• Experience designing, tuning, and troubleshooting PI and PID loops.
• Experience with Industrial SCADA/EMS platforms. Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform experience is a plus.
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Knowledge of two or more of the following communication protocols: Modbus, DNP3, OPC, IEC-60870, FTP.
• Competency in any of the following programming languages: Python, C#, Java, Visual Basic, IEC-61131 ST.
• Experience integrating industrial networking hardware and serial communications.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best-practices and requirements (NERC-CIP) is a plus.
• Experience with systematic design, tuning, and troubleshooting of complex control systems.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering and minimum 3 years of experience in field or in a related area.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely to non-SMEs.
• Must be a team player, a good listener and have the ability to understand and solve customer problems.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Work Environment:

• Office Setting, primarily in cubicles
• Moderate to high noise levels (i.e., business office with computers, phone, printers, moderate traffic)
• Ability to sit or stand (standing desk provide upon request) at a computer terminal for an extended period.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate (talk/sign/type/write) and operate a computer, telephone (or alternative), keyboard (or typing device), etc.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Ability to uphold the stress of traveling.

You will work in a growing, profitable company with a fun and creative environment with a talented group of individuals that have a passion for building renewable energy systems.

This is a salaried exempt position, M-F, with additional weekend work as required.

Job Location:

Travel Required: 15%

This position is based in Boulder, CO. Principals Only.

Salary Range

Stem, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.