Lead Engineer - Grid Stability Studies

Important Application Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2026 More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us - help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. The preferred work location for this postion is Plainfield, IN but other locations within the Duke Energy service territory can be considered. Position Summary This position is responsible for providing technical leadership for Dynamic Stability studies within Duke Energy Grid Stability & Advanced Studies. The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert for power system dynamic performance and advanced transmission studies supporting transmission expansion planning, large load interconnections, regulatory compliance, and special system investigations. The Lead Engineer is the technical specialist level of the engineering hierarchy. Employees at this level provide leadership, technical direction, mentoring, and oversight for complex engineering programs and studies with broad organizational impact. The Lead Engineer is expected to exercise independent judgment, establish technical approaches, develop engineering processes and standards, and provide technical guidance to engineers across the organization. This role serves as a primary technical resource for dynamic stability studies in Duke Energy's Midwest territory and will provide support and guidance related to other advanced studies. This role represents Duke Energy in industry and regulatory forums. The position will work closely with internal stakeholders, neighboring utilities, regional transmission organizations, consultants, and project developers to evaluate system performance and identify solutions that maintain reliability while enabling grid growth. Responsibilities Perform transmission studies including Dynamic Stability, Electromagnetic Transient (EMT), and other advanced power system analyses. Support reliability assessments associated with transmission expansion plans, large load interconnections, generation interconnections, and emerging system conditions. Provide technical leadership and guidance for complex engineering studies, analytical methodologies, and modeling practices. Coordinate with MISO and PJM planning organizations to support regional planning activities, model development, study assumptions, project evaluations, and stakeholder initiatives. Participate in MISO and PJM technical working groups, stakeholder processes, and regional planning activities. Support coordination with large load developers, generation developers, neighboring utilities, and consultants to ensure accurate modeling information and study assumptions. Provide technical oversight of consultant-performed studies, including review of methodologies, assumptions, results, recommendations, and deliverables. Participate in site visits, testing activities, and commissioning support as needed to evaluate system performance and support validation of study assumptions. Coordinate with Transmission Planning, Operations, Protection & Control, Generation, and other engineering organizations to ensure models, assumptions, and planning criteria remain current and consistent. Lead the identification, analysis, and resolution of complex power system issues affecting transmission reliability and grid performance. Prepare and present technical studies, reports, recommenda