Director, Controls and SCADA Engineering (Renewable Energy)

Location: Hybrid role based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States; office-based employees work from the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Corporate new hires are prioritized near Clearway offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Scottsdale, Houston, Denver, and Princeton. No visa sponsorship or employment authorization sponsorship is available.

Salary: $200,000–$225,000 USD annual salary, plus eligibility for an annual cash bonus based on personal and company performance.

Company

hirify.global develops and operates utility-scale clean energy assets, including wind, solar, battery energy storage, and conventional power generation facilities across the United States.

What you will do

• Develop and implement controls and SCADA strategies, design standards, and performance standards for wind, solar, and BESS development projects and operating assets.
• Lead controls strategies for facilities combining multiple generation resources behind a common point of interconnection, including islanded operation and net-zero MW balancing.
• Manage Controls and SCADA engineers responsible for project scopes, contractor and integrator design reviews, commissioning, troubleshooting, final completion, assignments, tracking, and reporting.
• Establish the team structure, staffing plans, technical competencies, resource allocation, and development and training programs.
• Provide subject-matter expertise for plant controls, SCADA systems, data interfaces, OEM software revisions, upgrades, configuration databases, and change management.
• Coordinate with Development, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, O&M, Asset Management, NERC Compliance, IT, Cybersecurity, the Remote Monitoring Center, contractors, OEMs, integrators, and consultants to improve fleet performance, grid responsiveness, availability, and cybersecurity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or control systems engineering.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in controls engineering, SCADA, industrial automation, power generation, or related engineering disciplines, including 5+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams, technical functions, major projects, or multidisciplinary engineering resources.
• Demonstrated experience with utility-scale renewable generation, including solar PV, wind, and battery energy storage systems, across new-build projects and operating assets.
• Experience with design, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, engineering contractors, equipment vendors, system integrators, budgets, schedules, and technical risks.
• Experience delivering complex integrations involving multiple OEMs, plant controllers, SCADA platforms, communications networks, and grid interfaces, and leading root-cause investigations and fleet-wide improvements.
• Experience with solar plant controls, inverter integration, wind turbine controls and turbine SCADA, BESS controls and integration including PCS, BMS, EMS, safety interfaces, and coordinated plant operation.
• Experience with PPCs, PLCs, RTUs, SCADA platforms, industrial communications, control system networking, active and reactive power control, voltage regulation, frequency response, ramp-rate control, curtailment, dispatch, and grid-support functions.
• Experience with Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 61850, OPC UA, utility telemetry protocols, OT network architecture, industrial cybersecurity, remote access, redundancy, historian systems, and data integration.
• Experience with engineering design reviews, FAT/SAT, commissioning, functional testing, troubleshooting, configuration management, software change management, and SEL RTAC / IEC 61131 Logic Engine or comparable substation control devices.
• Ability to interpret NERC, ERCOT, WECC, PJM, and CAISO regulations, interconnection requirements, grid codes, industry standards, network security protocols, and cybersecurity standards; excellent verbal and written communication skills and knowledge of current industry trends.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of electrical substations and relay systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid office environment with in-person collaboration, learning, community building, company-provided meals, and events on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for office-based employees.
• Benefits are available to eligible employees working 20+ hours per week, including PTO, medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA programs, commuter benefits, and a 401(k) with employer match.
• Additional benefits include life and accident insurance, fertility programs, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and benefits for same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.
• Relocation benefits are offered.
• Clearway promotes an inclusive workplace and employment opportunities for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, and military veterans.