The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has direct hire authority to fill wind energy scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) positions at the GS-11 through GS-15 grade levels. General engineers and physical scientists are the two positions at these grade levels most available within EERE. Direct hire authority allows DOE to hire faster than the traditional government hiring process does. In using this authority, DOE still abides by the Merit System Principles and all federal and DOE regulations for hiring.

Below are the job description and application instructions for the general engineer job listing in the Wind Energy Technologies Office.

Position Title: Systems Integration Technology Manager

Description/Duties:

• Serves as a technology manager in the Wind Energy Technologies Office's Systems Integration program. The Program conducts research, development,  demonstration, and deployment of high-impact technologies and solutions that ensure the affordable, secure, reliable, and resilient integration of wind energy onto the nation’s electricity grid.
• Supports the design and implementation of research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) high-impact technologies and solutions that ensure the affordable, secure, reliable, and resilient integration of wind energy onto the nation’s electricity grid.
• Supports program strategy development for wind energy systems integration.
• Assists with planning and execution of Funding Opportunity Announcements and Requests for Proposals for wind systems integration (RDD&D) projects.
• Manges project portfolio under supervision to ensure individual project performance goals are met.
• Actively engages with a broad set of stakeholders across private industry, trade organizations, universities, and other government agencies to identify, define, and address critical technology gaps and barriers to technology development.
• Prepares written and oral responses to internal and external requests for program and project activity, policy, and industry information, and will serve as an official program representative in various internal and external forums.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required To Perform the Work/Specialized Experience:

Qualified applicants will possess degree(s) in engineering with knowledge and experience in at least one of the following technical areas:  renewable energy and hybrid systems, power system planning and operation, power equipment design and control, market regulation and policy, and cybersecurity.