Microgrid Controls Engineer, Energy StorageActive$145K

Redwood Materials
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The opportunity

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and implement plant-level microgrid control algorithms for: BESS operating in both grid-following (GFL) and grid-forming (GFM) modes, from concept through validated deployment.

  • Design and architect the site controller to manage GFL inverters in direct: P/Q, power factor, and voltage/frequency droop modes, and to process Vref and Fref commands to the GFM inverter.

  • Implement active and reactive power control (P/Q), voltage and frequency: control (V/F), and droop-based control strategies to coordinate generating assets operating as GFL with BESS as GFM master.

  • Design control systems that integrate BESS with other assets including solar: PV, gensets, and loads for applications spanning utility-scale power plants, off-grid and islanded microgrids, and data center power.

  • Develop and modify control algorithms in PSCAD and/or MATLAB/Simulink, and: verify performance through simulation and HIL environments including RTDS and/or Typhoon HIL.

  • Verify MGC behavior under normal operating conditions and abnormal system: events, including fault scenarios, mode transitions, and disturbances, using simulation, HIL, and field testing.

What they're looking for

  • Develop simulations and workflows to test and troubleshoot BESS site: controller behavior prior to and during field deployment.
  • Translate validated control designs into clear implementation specifications: for production software teams, and support integration and commissioning activities as needed.
  • Collaborate with controls, power systems, firmware, and software engineers to: define control behaviors, validation scenarios, test cases, and performance requirements driven by customer and grid needs.
  • MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or Controls Engineering.