Neil Stephens
Smart Grid Engineer at Ausgrid
Greater Newcastle Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Stephens is a Smart Grid Engineer with 11 years of experience applying electrical engineering expertise to utility-scale systems across the Greater Newcastle area. He has a strong background in HV motors, transformers, protection, instrumentation, asset and project management from roles at Eraring Energy and a long-standing position at Ausgrid. Holding a First Class Honours BE from the University of Newcastle and an overseas exchange at Northern Arizona University, he blends solid academic grounding with practical field and systems-level problem solving. Known for drilling into technical detail, Neil pairs hands-on engineering with strategic asset stewardship to improve grid reliability and operational efficiency. An experienced operator in both plant-owner and network environments, he often bridges engineering, protection settings and project delivery to translate complex technical requirements into resilient, auditable outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Honours Class 1, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Honours Class 1 at University of NewcastleOne semester exchange, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, One semester exchange, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Northern Arizona University
Github Skills (32)
asynchronous10
dnp310
scada10
dotnet9
network-tools9
java9
cpp9
logging8
dpdk8
winpcap8
pcap8
packet-parsing8
networking7
windows7
linux7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
neilstephens/opendatacon
Aug 2014 - Feb 2023
Flexible, highly configurable, modular, high performance, asynchronous, free, open source data concentrator.
Contributions:45 releases, 1315 commits, 36 PRs in 8 years 7 months
asynchronous
neilstephens/MiniPlex
Mar 2023 - May 2026
Contributions:98 pushes, 3 branches, 21 tags in 3 years 2 months
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