Graduate Apprenticeship: Smart Grid Engineer
Please note: SAAS funding requires all apprentices to have residency in Scotland before 1st August 2025
Smarter Grid Solutions is a pioneering software technology company working at the intersection of clean energy, advanced digital technology, and power systems. We are a team of electrical engineers, software developers, analytics & consulting experts and much more working on the transformation of tomorrow’s electric grid – to become cleaner, more efficient, and more sustainable.
We are seeking Graduate Apprentice Smart Grid Engineers to join our growing Integration team based in Glasgow to help us in our mission to transform today’s energy systems! This is an exciting opportunity to learn from a team with a wealth of experience in the smart grid world, connecting new energy resources to the network.
What Will I Learn?
You will study at the University of Strathclyde to achieve a BEng (Hons) in Engineering: Design & Manufacture through a mixture of work-based learning, distance learning and monthly day release at University.
The role
- Assist with designing data interfaces between SGS products and external systems
- Prepare system requirements, functional specifications, and test specifications
- Integrate control and field instrumentation, measurement devices, test rigs and harnesses
- Configuration, testing, and commissioning of control applications to assist in connecting more green energy to the grid!
- System engineering for control and automation projects including software and hardware.
- Production of project documentation e.g., Manuals, design, and test specifications etc.
- Provide aftersales support for projects including site visits when required
About you
- You will be keen to build a career in renewable energy technologies and passionate about creating a more sustainable future for our planet
- Interested in electrical engineering and using your technical skills to make a real impact
- You will have a methodical approach to problems solving and have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An interest in areas such as software, testing, systems integration, control and automation
What you'll need
• Five National 5s or equivalent at grade C or above, which must include Maths and English
• 4 Highers at grade B or above, which must include Maths (gained in 2025)
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 33 days holiday
- 5% matched Employer pension scheme
- Opportunity to participate in the Company’s Profit-Sharing Incentive Bonus scheme, up to a maximum of 12% of base salary
- Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
- Life Cover (3x)
- Cyclescheme
- EV Scheme
What We Do
Smarter Grid Solutions is an enterprise energy software company with a unique end to end approach to Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) to deliver net zero energy systems, operating internationally from bases in the UK and US.
Our products, Strata Grid, Strata Resilience and Cirrus Flex, have enabled the connection and real-time monitoring and control of over 521 MW of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and delivered over $400 million of value to its customers.
Smarter Grid Solutions’ DERMS products are used by distribution utilities, energy service companies and microgrid operators to manage grid capacity and resilience and to seamlessly integrate energy assets to the grid and market.
Smarter Grid Solutions is a Mitsubishi Electric company. Together, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) and Smarter Grid Solutions will provide combined distributed energy resources management software and grid control products to enable electric utilities to respond to energy systems and maximize the performance from their electric grids.
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