Senior Engineer 1, Ready Grid

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Date: Jun 20, 2025

Location: Pomona, CA, US, 91768

Company: Southern California Edison

 

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

 

Become a Senior Engineer 1, Ready Grid at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll provide technical leadership in evaluating mitigation options, including traditional upgrades, non-wire alternatives, and use of emerging technologies for areas experiencing significant growth. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement proactive grid buildout strategies that align with long-term electrification and decarbonization goals. As a Senior Engineer 1, 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

  • Oversees engineers performing diagnostics, monitoring and inspecting equipment, and reviewing grid technologies, building relationships to facilitate cross-functional knowledge transfer of related work groups
  • Leads the preparation of technical reports, presentations, and other documentation to communicate project status, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
  • Collaborate and lead with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless development, integration and implementation of future technologies and asset performance management strategies
  • Assists in a variety of engineering and business initiatives and grid strategies, including development of innovative procedures and design recommendations
  • Provides support for new equipment installation and startup, then leads the hand over processes to the ramp and sustaining phases
  • Leads junior engineers in investigation of threats on the distribution system infrastructure based on observations and findings
  • Gathers and correlates basic data using engineering studies and procedures, which may include routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems
  • Facilitates training and professional development opportunities for engineering team members to enhance their skills and knowledge
  • 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.
  • Seven 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

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering, power systems, or related 
  • 5+ years of experience in utility planning, load forecasting, or grid operations
  • Strong understanding of electric utility infrastructure, planning, scoping, identifying utility grid solutions or mitigations, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Proficiency in system analysis tools (e.g., CYME, Python, PSLF, or load forecasting software).
  • Professional Engineer (PE) License
  • Demonstrated experience preparing detailed engineering studies and reports.
  • Strong written communication skills with the ability to clearly capture technical information and presenting to management.
  • A passion for innovation and implementing cutting-edge technologies to enhance system reliability and performance.

 

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.  However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at (alternate work location).
  • Relocation does not apply to this position.

 

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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