Solution Engineer – Lead Substation Protection and Control Enginee

Siemens AG; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy India Limited in Pune seeks a senior Solution Engineer specializing in Substation Protection and Control to drive relay protection design and system integration for HV substations. You will design schemes, validate drawings, and coordinate with project teams through execution and commissioning phases.

The role requires 15+ years in protection and control, experience with relays from multiple vendors, and strong communication skills to interface with customers and engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ years of experience in protection/control/communications design for substations.
• Familiarity with ANSI/IEC standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and review protection & control schemes for substations and transmission projects.
• Develop schematics and diagrams for relaying and metering.
• Prepare wiring, cable sizing, and panel layouts for protection/control equipment.
• Coordinate with project teams during design, execution and commissioning.
• Review work and ensure conformance to customer requirements.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Protection & control

Relays knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical

Tools

AutoCAD

Ebase

Relay configuration tools

Job description

Solution Engineer – Lead Substation Protection and Control Enginee

526602

21-Oct-2026

SIEMENS ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Job Title

Solution Engineer – Substation Protection and Control Engineer

Job Location

Pune

Educational requirement

B.E. Electrical or equivalent

Required experience.

15+ Years

A Snapshot of Your Day

Protection & Control Engineer is responsible for relay protection and control engineering activities, including basic design and check of detail design for high voltage substation and transmission projects. This position will offer the ability to directly apply candidate’s knowledge of protective relaying and controls systems in substation and transmission projects.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Perform analysis and design of single line diagram.
• Develop concept of substation relaying & metering diagrams (i.e. A.C. schematic diagrams), and D.C. Schematic for basic design.
• Responsible for producing protection and control designs for LVAC, LVDC and UPS equipment associated with LTS.
• Responsible for the production C.T./V.T. and cable sizing calculations.
• Responsible for the production relay configurations and associated documentation.
• Production of Engineering and Test Specifications for new and existing solutions.
• Prepare specification & Bill of Material for Protection/Control/Metering/RTU/ Communication Panels
• Develop concept Diagram for substation control system and Communications interfaces including RTUs, HMIs, and IEDs.
• Develop Protection and Control Panel layouts.
• Develop high level Cable Schedule for Substation.
• Perform Factory Acceptance Test for Protection and Control Panels.
• Perform reviews of work performed by others.
• Work closely with other engineering and design and project team members to coordinate overall design and requirements during execution and commissioning phases.
• Understand and clarify customer requirements, driving those expectations into Siemens solutions.

What You Bring

This position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent with background in Electrical Engineering.

• 15-18 years of experience with a focus on protection/control/communications design for substations.
• Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations.
• Knowledge on ANSI standards, IEC standards knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with various vendor protective relay equipment typically used in substation. protection, including SEL, Siemens, GE.
• Know-How in Configuration Tools for protection relays from different vendors (SEL, Siemens, Hitachi, GE, Schneider …) and control systems is preferable.
• Expertise with Ebase and Auto-CAD.
• Hands-on experience with the below shall be preferred:
• Relay Configuration tool of GE, ABB or equivalent.
• Must have Relevant experience in working with System Integrators
• Hands on experience and knowledge on working of different relays application.

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication (Both written & verbal) & Inter-personal Skills.
• Critical thinking, reasoning and problem solving are an essential part of this position.
• Enjoys learning new things and build knowledge base in new area.
• Enjoys working in Team environments, Exhibits collaboration in multiple stake holder interactions.