Protection Relay Programming & Testing Engineer Position
Vertiv
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Job summary
Vertiv is seeking a Protection Relay Programming & Testing Engineer – MV & LV Protection Systems to lead hands-on programming, testing, and commissioning of protection schemes. The role requires deep knowledge of MV/LV protection, relay configuration, and system integration with PLC/SCADA/EPMS.
The ideal candidate has 7–12 years of experience in protection engineering, experience with ABB, Siemens, and Schneider protection relays, and strong diagnostic and testing skills for FAT/SAT and site
Qualifications
- B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering.
- 7–12 years in protection relay programming, testing, commissioning, and protection/control systems.
- Predominantly experienced in MV switchgear, control and relay panels, and electrical protection systems.
- Hands-on experience in protection relay programming, configuration, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting for MV and LV protection systems.
- Strong experience with ABB, Siemens, Schneider Electric protection relays.
- Experience with FAT/SAT, commissioning, site testing and final validation of MV/LV protection systems.
Responsibilities
- Protect relay programming, testing, and commissioning for MV and LV protection systems.
- Verify relay settings against approved protection coordination studies.
- Prepare relay setting files, test procedures, test reports, and commissioning reports.
- Integrate protection relays with PLC/RTU/SCADA/EPMS and other supervisory control systems.
- Perform FAT/SAT and site testing, including end-to-end protection testing and interlocks.
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Job description
- B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering.
- 7–12 years of relevant experience in protection relay programming, testing, commissioning, and protection/control systems.
- Predominantly experienced in MV switchgear, control and relay panels, and electrical protection systems.
- B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering.
- 7–12 years of relevant experience in protection relay programming, testing, commissioning, and protection/control systems.
- Predominantly experienced in MV switchgear, control and relay panels, and electrical protection systems.
- Hands-on experience in protection relay programming, configuration, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting for MV and LV protection systems.
- Strong experience with protection relays from:
- ABB
- Siemens
- Schneider Electric
- Experience with platforms such as ABB Relion, Siemens SIPROTEC, Schneider Easergy/SEPAM, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of protection schemes including overcurrent, earth fault, directional protection, under/over-voltage, under/over-frequency, transformer, motor, and busbar protection.
- Ability to interpret SLDs, protection schematics, control schematics, wiring diagrams, and protection philosophies.
- Hands-on experience in secondary injection testing, functional testing, trip testing, interlock verification, and end-to-end protection testing.
- Experience with OMICRON or equivalent relay test equipment is highly preferred.
- Experience in FAT, SAT, commissioning, site testing, troubleshooting, and final validation of MV/LV protection systems.
- Ability to verify relay settings against approved protection coordination studies.
- Preparation and review of relay setting files, test procedures, test reports, commissioning reports, and protection documentation.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of industrial communication networks and complete communication topology associated with MV/LV protection and control systems.
- Practical experience with:
- Modbus RTU
- Modbus TCP/IP
- Profibus
- Profinet
- IEC 61850
- Industrial Ethernet communication
- Strong understanding of IEC 61850 architecture, including IEDs, Station Bus, Process Bus, GOOSE, MMS, and SCL configuration.
- Ability to configure and troubleshoot communication mapping, data points, alarms, status, commands, measurements, events, and protection signals.
- Understanding of network switches, VLANs, IP addressing, gateways, network redundancy, and basic network diagnostics.
- Ability to troubleshoot communication issues across the complete chain—from protection relay/IED through network infrastructure, PLC/RTU, SCADA/EPMS, and higher-level systems.
- Thorough understanding of the complete protection, control, and communication system architecture.
- Experience integrating protection relays with PLC, RTU, SCADA, EPMS/BMS, and other supervisory control systems.
- Ability to understand and review communication architecture drawings, network topology, I/O lists, signal lists, communication matrices, and cause-and-effect diagrams.
- Experience in FAT/SAT and end-to-end communication testing, including verification of commands, status, alarms, trips, measurements, events, and interlocks.
The ideal candidate should be a complete Protection Relay Programming & Testing Engineer with strong hands‑on experience—not limited to relay software configuration.
They should be capable of independently handling the complete lifecycle of a protection system, including relay programming, protection setting implementation, logic development, secondary injection testing, functional testing, communication configuration, FAT/SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, and final system validation.
The candidate should have a thorough understanding of MV protection systems, control and relay panels, protection coordination, industrial communication protocols, and the complete relay-to‑SCADA/EPMS architecture.
Strong practical experience with ABB, Siemens, and Schneider protection relays, together with Modbus, Modbus TCP/IP, Profibus, Profinet, and IEC 61850, is highly desirable.
Experience in MV switchgear manufacturing, system integration, protection engineering, testing, and commissioning will be strongly preferred.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
- High-Performance Culture
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
- Own it
- Act with urgency
- Foster a customer‑first mindset
- Think big and execute
- Lead by example
- Drive continuous improvement
- Learn and seek out development
- Promote transparent & open communication
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
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