Senior Design Engineer – Substation/HV

PV Insight; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

PVinsight in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Substation/HV Engineer to lead technically significant work packages, review discipline deliverables, and guide project teams. The role focuses on substations and high voltage engineering with 4–7 years of relevant experience.

You will work on grounding, protection, metering, SCADA interfaces, and coordination with clients and vendors, ensuring design integrity and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Education: B.Tech/B.E. in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
• Knowledge: Applicable codes, client/utility requirements, constructability, quality controls, and multidisciplinary interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of major work packages and establish the execution approach within approved project criteria.
• Develop and review calculations, drawings, models, specifications, reports, and supporting records.
• Guide engineers, trainees, and drafters; provide clear review comments and verify effective closure.
• Resolve complex design interfaces and coordinate directly with project leaders, clients, vendors, and other disciplines on delegated matters.
• Identify optimization, constructability, quality, scope, and schedule risks and contribute lessons learned and standard improvements.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Review and guidance

Education

B.Tech/B.E. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

ETAP

CYMCAP

Protection/Relay

Substation design platforms

Document management systems

Job description

Role Summary

Leads technically significant work packages, reviews discipline deliverables, and provides day-to-day guidance to project teams With 4-7 years of relevant experience. The role applies this accountability within Substation / High Voltage Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of major work packages and establish the execution approach within approved project criteria.
• Develop and review calculations, drawings, models, specifications, reports, and supporting records.
• Guide engineers, trainees, and drafters; provide clear review comments and verify effective closure.
• Resolve complex design interfaces and coordinate directly with project leaders, clients, vendors, and other disciplines on delegated matters.
• Identify optimization, constructability, quality, scope, and schedule risks and contribute lessons learned and standard improvements.

Role-Specific Discipline Scope

• Single-line diagrams, equipment ratings/specifications, bus arrangements, electrical clearances, and physical layouts.
• Grounding, lightning protection, cable sizing/schedules, raceways, control buildings, and AC/DC auxiliary systems.
• Protection, control, metering, SCADA, communications, and schematic/wiring interfaces, coordinated with PSS requirements.
• Review of transformers, breakers, switches, instrument transformers, surge arresters, batteries/chargers, and vendor packages.
• Civil, Structural, PV, BESS, PSS, and T-Line coordination; constructability, utility, IEEE, NEC/NESC, and project criteria.

Qualifications and Experience Guidance

• Education: B.Tech/B.E. in Electrical Engineering or a directly relevant engineering discipline from a recognized university.
• Knowledge: Applicable codes, client/utility requirements, constructability, quality controls, and multidisciplinary interfaces at a depth appropriate to the level.

Technical Skills / Software

• Core tools: AutoCAD; Microsoft Excel; ETAP; CYMCAP or approved equivalents; protection/relay and substation-design platforms; document-management systems as assigned.
• Expected proficiency: Advanced hands-on proficiency, model/calculation review capability, and ability to guide less-experienced users.

Reporting / Accountability

• Reporting: Typically reports to a Deputy Manager, Manager, or project Engineering Lead.
• Accountability: Accountable for package-level technical integrity, interdisciplinary coordination, review quality, risk identification, and guidance of junior staff.