Grid Integration Studies Engineer
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Junior
Bachelor's
Madrid, Spain
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Electrical EngineeringPower Systems Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Electricity is required.
- Complementary training in renewable energy integration into the electrical grid is required.
- Experience with simulations in PSS/E and DigSilent is required.
- Programming experience in Python is required.
- Knowledge of grid codes applied to renewable energy is required.
- At least 2 years of experience is required.
- Intermediate-to-advanced English proficiency is required.
- Availability to travel is required.
Responsibilities
- Identify and reduce risks associated with interconnection, including congestion, planning, and grid-code compliance, as early as possible in project development, especially before the investment decision.
- Support activities related to grid-code compliance for company projects.
- Select optimal grid nodes to guide Business Development in finding new projects by developing impact studies that identify optimal or unsuitable nodes on networks of interest, developing methodology, and synthesizing results. Perform studies using the network-modeling software applicable to each country, PSS/E or DigSilent, with Python scripts for automation.
- During project development before the investment decision, identify interconnection risks, calculate losses and curtailment constraints caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity, identify potential commercial operation date delays arising from the interconnection process, and preliminarily size equipment to meet grid-code requirements.
- Prepare specifications defining the scope of studies needed to calculate constraints caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity and analyze congestion. Participate in evaluating, contracting, and managing consulting firms.
- Perform or review congestion analyses for Acciona Energía's global project portfolio and estimate expected project constraints based on those analyses, using the applicable network-modeling software and Python scripts.
- Review Security Constrained Economic Dispatch analysis results for Acciona Energía projects in North America.
- Analyze grid codes to identify potential risks and technology developments that may be needed.
- Analyze the connection process to ensure energization and commercial operation dates meet investment schedules.
- Participate in designing inverters, wind turbines, and connection equipment to ensure grid-code compliance and help calculate project capital expenditure.
- Coordinate with interconnection colleagues in offices in Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Australia.
- Coordinate with the Business Development, Energy Management, Engineering, Planning, and Resource departments.
- Develop scripts to automate studies, analyses, and plotting of results.
- Determine and update the parameters of static and dynamic models submitted to the grid operator during the interconnection process.
About the company
Acciona builds and operates infrastructure and develops renewable energy assets worldwide. It covers the full project life cycle, from engineering, procurement, and construction to owning, operating, and maintaining power plants and related infrastructure. It differentiates itself through vertical integration and a long history of shifting from general construction to a pure-play renewable and sustainable infrastructure group with a large, globally diversified portfolio. Its goal is to be a leading global developer and operator of sustainable infrastructure, expanding clean-energy capacity and reducing carbon emissions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
Founded
1861
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What believers are saying
- H1 2026 revenue rose 9.9% to €10.142 billion, showing momentum.
- ACCIONA closed a £125 million green loan and US$340 million private placement in 2026.
- Kwinana waste-to-energy and Vertical Earth should lift Infrastructure and Concessions earnings through 2027.
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- ACCIONA carries €8.243 billion net financial debt, pressuring returns if project execution slips.
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- ACCIONA combines infrastructure contracting with renewables, unlike pure-play peers like Ferrovial.
- The 2026 Sustainable Impact Financing Framework unifies green, blue, and sustainability-linked funding.
- Vertical Earth expands ACCIONA's self-execution in Georgia and Florida, strengthening U.S. delivery.
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Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Work Hours