Expert Risk & Innovation Engineer
Pacific Gas and Electric
- Location
- Danville, CA, US, 94583
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Salary
- $140k/yr
- Posted
- Aug 28, 2026
About this role
Requisition ID # 174318 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Energy Delivery Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Danville Department Overview The Strategy and Growth functional area is dedicated to long-term strategic and infrastructure planning. With electricity demand expected to double over the next 15 years, we’re building an energy system of the future for the world’s fourth-largest economy. It includes Energy Policy and Procurement, Strategy and Innovation, Integrated Long-Term Planning, and the Commercial Growth Organization. Position Summary The Applied Technology Services (ATS) Engineering staff provides engineering, testing, analysis, and risk assessment services and expertise across multiple disciplines to various company organizations to identify, diagnose, and solve complex technical problems. The staff provides consultation and advice to clients to proactively mitigate future issues by applying industry best practices in equipment specification, materials selection, maintenance strategies, and asset management. Services include inspections, failure analysis, performance assessments, reliability evaluations, and advanced risk modeling of a wide variety of systems and components ranging from in-service concrete and hydroelectric turbine blades to transmission and distribution grid assets and distributed generation. Engineering staff develop and apply probabilistic models to evaluate asset condition, degradation mechanisms, and probability of failure, supporting data-driven decisions for reliability, resilience, and lifecycle management. The engineering staff partners with management in the creation of bid proposals and technical solutions for requested client work. The incumbents maintain knowledge of and adhere to all company and regulatory safety and quality processes and procedures. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. A reasonable salary range is: Bay Area Minimum: $ 140,000 Bay Area Maximum: $ 238,000 Job Responsibilities
Mentor and direct a team or teams of engineers and engineering technicians with diverse backgrounds. Independently develops and executes new practical solutions to highly complex problems. Develops relationships within our partner functional areas to assess client business interests and to identify potential ATS opportunities Continually identifies and executes business, lab, testing, or process improvements. Leads and manages projects and programs independently which includes developing and executing on innovative, novel, and complex solutions with high financial impact to PG&E and/or the client by taking ownership of scope, schedule, budget and communications. Oversees assembly of technical systems and prototypes according to engineering standards and knowledge of related principles. Is recognized as a subject matter expert in one discipline or type of ATS service and offers breadth of knowledge and performs analysis and executes projects across several disciplines and functional areas to include developing test plans and procedures from scratch as well as applying expertise to successfully function in lab, field, and