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The RoleWe are seeking a Sr Principal Project Engineer to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams delivering complex SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS solutions in the region using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management (DGM) products for leading utilities worldwide. You will be accountable for end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, integration, validation, commissioning, and operational handover, while mentoring engineers and setting engineering best practices across programs in the region. Experience with monarch is highly preferred.Your Impact- Technical leadership of programs: Define solution architectures and integration strategies for large, multi-workstream SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS deliveries; drive technical decisions, design reviews, and quality gates to ensure robust, scalable outcomes.
- Plan, design, integrate, and validate: Lead planning, detailed design, and integration activities; establish verification strategies and direct system testing including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) with rigorous traceability to requirements.
- Commissioning & stabilization: Oversee commissioning and cutover plans, guide troubleshooting for complex variances in production environments, and ensure timely deployment of resolutions.
- Matrixed team leadership: Provide day-to-day technical direction to engineers, elevating engineering discipline, reusability, and delivery velocity across the portfolio.
- Customer & stakeholder engagement: Translate operational needs from utility stakeholders into clear engineering requirements; communicate tradeoffs and recommend solutions that meet performance, reliability, and operability targets.
- Engineering excellence: Set and enforce standards for configuration management, environment readiness, and documentation; champion continuous improvement of delivery methods and reusable assets.
- Enablement & knowledge sharing: Mentor engineers, contribute to training materials, and cultivate communities of practice to spread best practices across offices, regions and programs.
- Strategic pre‑sales engagement: When requested, support Sales and Solution Consulting with technical validation of delivery approaches and occasional participation in solution briefings or customer demos for priority pursuits.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field.
- Minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience in utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, or mission-critical OT/IT integration, with a track record of leading technical delivery across complex projects.
- Experience delivering systems across SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS; monarch experience is highly preferred.
- Hands-on depth with client/server applications, network communications, and Linux/Windows; familiarity with programming/scripting (e.g., Python, C/C++) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra); experience with JSON and XML.
- Practical experience with common utility protocols and standards (e.g., ICCP, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-101/104, IEC 61850, MultiSpeak).
- Excellent organization, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams in fast-paced environments; strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to travel up to approximately 20%.
- Work arrangement: Hybrid; primary office Reading, UK.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field
- Minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience in utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, or mission-critical OT/IT integration
- Experience delivering systems across SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS
- Hands-on depth with client/server applications, network communications, and Linux/Windows
- Familiarity with programming/scripting (e.g., Python, C/C++) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra)
- Practical experience with common utility protocols and standards (e.g., ICCP, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-101/104, IEC 61850, MultiSpeak)
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as strong, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans and high-quality carrier options. Several recent remarks characterize the health insurance as "great" or "amazing," with low copays noted in some cases.
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Parental & Family Support — Maternity and paternity leave receive consistently positive mentions and are characterized as well-reviewed. Company materials also highlight family-oriented benefits alongside core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes vacation/PTO, paid holidays, and sick leave, with multiple indications of generous paid time off. Dedicated volunteer hours and well-regarded leave policies reinforce breadth in time-away benefits.
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What We Do
AspenTech is a global leader in asset optimization software helping the world’s leading industrial companies run their operations more safely, efficiently and reliably – enabling innovation while reducing waste and impact on the environment. AspenTech software accelerates and maximizes value gained from digital transformation initiatives with a holistic approach to the asset lifecycle and supply chain. By introducing effective AI modeling to traditional principles of process engineering, AspenTech delivers a faster and more accurate analysis of efficiency and performance boundaries. The real-time data and actionable insights delivered by our software help customers push the boundaries of what’s possible.
