Dakota Black

Global Rotational Graduate at Avangrid

Cape May, New Jersey, United States

About

Extremely employable

Experience

  • Avangrid (Orange, Connecticut, United States · On-site)
    • Protection and Control rotation
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

      Conducted event analyses and wrote PEOAs maintaining PRC-004 compliance. Composed relay settings packets for various applications, including mobile substation installations, recloser updates, and MOD sectionalizing schemes.

    • Distribution Engineering rotation
      Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 · 6 mos

      Designed and planned 3-phase additions to the electrical grid, ranging from small business applications to substation getaways. Learned what a "work order" is.

  • Delivery Driver at Tuktuk thai
    Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 · 10 mos

    Delivery driver for a family-owned Thai restaurant. Successfully generated over $90 of parking ticket revenue for the town of Hanover

  • Teaching Assistant - Microprocessors at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
    Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 · 3 mos

    TA for zybo z-10 based microprocessor programming course. Assisted in guiding a class of 20+ students to create a mini traffic light system, covering topics such as state machines, communication protocols, and datasheet literacy. Was responsible for scheduling and holding office hours, signing off on completed modules, and accidentally misleading students

  • Teaching Assistant - Electronics at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
    Sep 2024 - Nov 2024 · 3 mos

    Responsible for the rapid unplanned disassembly of over $500 worth of lab equipment and learning from my mistakes

  • Summer Scholar at Avangrid
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

    Intern in the distribution engineering department of UI. Modelled underground electrical networks using CYME software, and helped plan future electrical grid renovations. Known in my department as the guy who can juggle.