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We encourage you to join our talented, dedicated workforce to develop world-class solutions for today and tomorrow’s energy challenges while learning new skills and growing your career.\nERCOT is committed to fostering inclusion at alllevels of our company. It is the cornerstone of our corporate values of accountability, leadership, innovation, trust, and expertise. We know that individuals with a wide variety of talents, ideas, and experiences propel the innovation that drives our success. An inclusive and diverseworkforce strengthens us and allows for a collaborative environment to solve the challenges that face our industry today and in the future.\nStart your engineering career on the grid the world is watching.\nThe Texas grid is changing faster than almost any other in the world. The grid we operate today is not the grid we had five years ago, and it will look different again five years from now. As a Power System Engineer at ERCOT, you will help keep the lights on for more than 27 million Texans while the system is being reinvented around you. Grid operators around the world watch what ERCOT does, and you will be part of it from day one.\nNo power systems background required. We are looking for curious, driven engineers with room to grow, from any engineering discipline, and we will teach you the rest.\nWhere Your Career Can Take You\nERCOT engineers work across the entire grid. Start in one area and move to the next as your interests grow:\nControl Room\nGrid Planning\nTransmission Planning\nData Center and Large Load Integration\nNew Generation Interconnection\nGrid Stability\nOutage Coordination\nSystem Modeling\nMarket Design\nMarket Reporting\nWhy Engineers Choose ERCOT\nReal work, real impact. Analyze the grid under changing conditions, study transmission needs, and evaluate the effects of new generation, energy storage, and fast-growing demand from data centers and industry.\nWe invest in you. ERCOT offers extensive internal training programs, with development goals built into your role. You will learn industry tools such as PSS®E, PowerWorld, VSAT, TSAT, and UPLAN on the job.\nA voice from the start. ERCOT engineers regularly lead workshops and speak at industry symposiums, so you build your professional reputation early.\nGrowth built in. A rapidly evolving grid means new problems, new roles, and new paths to advance. You will not run out of things to learn.\n Flexibility. Enjoy a hybrid schedule that mixes remote and in-office work (on-site 2 days per week at our Taylor, TX office).\nAustin-area living. A dynamic, growing city with great food, live music, outdoor recreation, and sunshine most of the year.\nWhat We Are Looking For\n Bachelor’s degree in engineering, any discipline (electrical, mechanical, chemical, computer, civil, industrial, aerospace, and others), earned or about to be earned\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the curiosity to learn something new quickly\nComfort working with data and learning new software and modeling tools\nClear communication and a collaborative spirit\nWillingness to live or relocate to the Austin, TX area\nNot required: power system analysis coursework, utility internships, or prior industry experience. If you have them, great. If not, we will train you. Internships, co-ops, research, senior design, and student organizations are all welcome.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive salary and great benefits\nRelocation assistance for eligible candidates\nStructured training and mentoring from experienced engineers and industry experts\nA clear career path with exposure to many areas of the power and energy industry\nHybrid Work Environment - onsite in Taylor, TX at minimum of 2 days per week, or more, as needed based on business needs.\nGraduating soon, or recently graduated? Apply today and help shape the future of the Texas grid.\nThe foregoing description reflects the minimum qualifications and the essential functions of the position that must be performed proficiently with or without reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. It is not an exhaustive list of the duties expected to be performed, and management may, at its discretion, revise or require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. 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