Senior Protection Engineer / Protection & Control Manager

EdgeTunePower Inc.; North Vancouver; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

EdgeTunePower Inc. is seeking a Senior Protection Engineer to lead its protection practice for AI data centers, large loads, BESS and IBR plants. This remote Canada role will own protection design end-to-end, lead client discussions, and build a team of protection engineers.

You will develop protection philosophies, perform short-circuit and coordination studies, and validate schemes with EMT models and real-time HIL testing. Title will match experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of protection and control engineering experience.
• P.Eng or PE registration, or eligible within defined period.
• Hands-on experience with SEL relays and other major platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for protection scope with clients, utilities, EPCs and vendors.
• Scope work, write proposals and estimates, manage schedule, budget and quality.
• Develop protection philosophies and relay settings for data centers and microgrids.
• Lead short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash and grounding studies.
• Validate protection using EMT models (PSCAD) and HIL testing, support FAT/commissioning.

Skills

Protection engineering

Relay settings

Coordination studies

Client-facing

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

SEL relays

GE

Siemens

ABB/Hitachi

ASPEN OneLiner

CAPE

ETAP

SKM

EasyPower

Job description

EdgeTunePower Inc. (ETP) develops power system controls and provides real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing for data centres, microgrids, battery energy storage systems, renewable generation, and other power system applications. Our work connects electrical models with physical controllers and protection equipment to evaluate system performance before equipment is commissioned in the field.

Location: Remote – Canada | Job type: Full-time | Workspace: Remote | Reports to: [VP Engineering / Head of P&C]

About the Role

We are looking for a senior protection engineer to lead ETP's protection practice for AI data centers, large loads, BESS and IBR plants. These sites mix utility interconnections, onsite generation, inverter-limited fault current and islanded operation, and they need protection that works in every mode.

You will own protection design and studies end to end, lead client discussions, and build and manage a team of protection engineers. ETP's PSCAD, RTDS and HIL capability means you can test protection schemes against detailed EMT models before they reach the field, and help create new methods and tools along the way. Title (Senior Engineer or Manager) will match experience.

Responsibilities

Client and project leadership

• Act as technical lead and main contact for clients, utilities, EPCs and equipment vendors on protection scope.
• Scope work, write proposals and estimates, and manage schedule, budget and quality across projects.
• Present protection philosophies and study results to clients and utilities, and resolve review comments.

Technical ownership

• Develop protection philosophies and single-line protection design for data center substations, collector systems, onsite generation, BESS and microgrids.
• Lead short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash and grounding studies, including cases with low or inverter-limited fault current.
• Develop and review relay settings for generator, transformer, bus, feeder, line and motor protection, interconnection protection and special protection schemes (SEL and other major platforms).
• Address protection in grid-connected, islanded and transition modes, including load shedding, transfer schemes and ride-through coordination.
• Validate protection using EMT models (PSCAD) and real-time HIL testing with physical relays; support FAT, commissioning and event analysis.
• Provide final review and sign-off of studies, settings and drawings.
• Hire, mentor and manage protection engineers and EITs.
• Assign work, run design reviews and set clear quality standards.
• Support performance reviews, training plans and career growth.

Innovation and R&D

• Develop new protection approaches for IBR-dominated and data center systems.
• Help build ETP's relay HIL test beds, protection libraries and automation tools.
• Represent ETP through webinars, papers and industry working groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of protection and control engineering experience, including relay settings and coordination.
• Strong knowledge of protection principles across generation, transmission, distribution and industrial systems.
• Hands-on experience with SEL relays and at least one other major platform (e.g., GE, Siemens, ABB/Hitachi).
• Experience with short-circuit and coordination tools such as ASPEN OneLiner, CAPE, ETAP, SKM or EasyPower.
• Experience leading projects, reviewing others' work and mentoring engineers.
• Client-facing experience: proposals, meetings, presentations and utility coordination.
• Working knowledge of IEEE, IEC, CSA, NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 practices.
• P.Eng. (any Canadian provincial association) or PE required, or registration within a defined period.

Nice to Have

• Data center, large-load or mission-critical facility protection experience — a strong plus.
• Protection of BESS, solar, wind and other IBRs, including grid-forming systems.
• NERC protection standards (e.g., PRC-001, PRC-005, PRC-023, PRC-024, PRC-027) and utility interconnection requirements.
• EMT-based protection studies in PSCAD, RTDS/RSCAD, or relay HIL testing.
• Commissioning and event/fault record analysis.
• IEC 61850 and protection communications.

Why Join EdgeTunePower?

At EdgeTunePower, you will have the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects involving AI data centers, BESS, renewable energy, microgrids, advanced power system controls, and real-time/HIL validation. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team working on the next generation of reliable and resilient power systems.