Grid Architecture & Modernization, Senior Engineer 2
Date: Sep 24, 2025
Location: Pomona, CA, US, 91768
Company: Southern California Edison
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Grid Architecture & Modernization, Senior Engineer 2 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead the development of distribution automation, operational flexibility, and protection and control strategies that modernize how we monitor, manage, and optimize the electric grid. As a Grid Architecture & Modernization, Senior Engineer 2, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities
- Monitors market trends, vendor, industry group and competitor activities to identify opportunities for differentiation and innovation in engineering solutions
- Develops and maintains asset management plans for utility infrastructure, proactively identifying future system upgrades and contributing to the formulation of departmental and organizational business plans and grid strategies
- Collaborates with regulatory affairs teams to ensure compliance with local, state, national, and international regulations governing energy engineering projects
- Identifies areas for process improvement and implements strategies to enhance engineering efficiency and productivity
- Deploys improvement initiatives and tracks progress using relevant metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of the continuous improvement efforts
- Addresses any performance issues promptly and creates improvement plans when necessary
- Plans, designs and oversees the infrastructure of power distribution systems, ensuring compliance with environmental and regulatory standards
- Coordinates and prioritizes activities within the team to ensure efficient project execution; aids in managing resources and budget activities to achieve strict compliance with the company's guidelines
- Evaluates and recommends investments in infrastructure, equipment, and technology to support the long-term growth and competitiveness of the engineering department
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
- Ten or more years of experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
- Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 10+ years of engineering experience in electric utility operations, with demonstrated expertise in:
- Distribution Automation technologies and schemes, including fault location, isolation, and service restoration (FLISR), remote switching, and adaptive control systems
- Protection and control systems, such as relay coordination, IEC 61850 architectures
- Sensor technologies, applications, and deployment strategy
- Grid flexibility solutions, encompassing distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and integration with ADMS and AMI system
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute enterprise-level roadmaps aligned with long-term grid transformation strategies and clean energy goals.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and deliver technical presentations to both a technical and non-technical audience, including external settings.
- Work effectively in areas where processes are not clearly defined, self-starter.
- Stay current with relevant technology and innovation.
- Strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, interpersonal skills, communication, and effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
Additional Information
- This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
- Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.
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