Sr. Principal Project Engineer

Overview We are seeking a Sr Principal Project Engineer to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams delivering complex SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS solutions in the region using AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management (DGM) products for utilities worldwide. You will be accountable for end-to-end technical delivery, including architecture, integration, validation, commissioning, and operational handover, while mentoring engineers and setting engineering best practices across programs in the region. Experience with monarch is highly preferred. Responsibilities Technical leadership of programs: Define solution architectures and integration strategies for large, multi-workstream SCADA/EMS/GMS/ADMS deliveries; drive technical decisions, design reviews, and quality gates to ensure robust, scalable outcomes. Plan, design, integrate, and validate: Lead planning, detailed design, and integration activities; establish verification strategies and direct system testing including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) with rigorous traceability to requirements. Commissioning communicate tradeoffs and recommend solutions that meet performance, reliability, and operability targets. Engineering excellence: Set and enforce standards for configuration management, environment readiness, and documentation; champion continuous improvement of delivery methods and reusable assets. Enablement monarch experience is highly preferred. Hands-on depth with client/server applications, network communications, and Linux/Windows; familiarity with programming/scripting (e.g., Python, C/C++) and databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra); experience with JSON and XML. Practical experience with common utility protocols and standards (e.g., ICCP, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-101/104, IEC 61850, MultiSpeak). Excellent organization, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams in fast-paced environments; strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Ability to travel up to approximately 20%. Work arrangement: Hybrid; primary office Reading, UK. #J-18808-Ljbffr Salary: GBP 70000 - 90000 per year