Technical Support Engineer (Protection Engineering)

BYD; Bishah; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BYD seeks a protection and control engineer to protect and troubleshoot energy storage systems on site in Saudi Arabia. You will oversee IEDs in BESS containers, review protection settings, run coordination studies, and support testing and commissioning.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and at least 1 year of experience with protection relays (Siemens/ABB/GE/SEL), substation protocols (IEC 61850, Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3), and ETAP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 1+ years of experience in protection and control engineering
• Strong technical support and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of protection relays and substation protocols; ETAP proficiency

Responsibilities

• System Oversight: Manage protection devices for BESS containers, PCS, and HV substation.
• Review and implement protection settings, coordination studies (OC, Distance, Differential).
• Lead or supervise secondary injection testing, CT/VT testing, and functional trip tests.
• Perform fault analysis and provide technical reports to the client.
• Serve as primary technical contact for client regarding protection schemes.
• Address on-site issues to ensure reliable operation and minimize downtime.
• Responsible for installation, commissioning, repair, and maintenance of energy storage systems on site.
• Comply with site lead's work arrangement

Skills

Protection & control engineering

Troubleshooting

Client interface

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Protection Relays (Siemens/ABB/GE/SEL)

IEC 61850

Modbus TCP/IP

DNP3

ETAP

Job description

The ideal candidate will be responsible for protecting and troubleshooting our product to resolve our customers' technical issues.

Responsibilities

• System Oversight: Manage and maintain protection devices, including IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices), for the BESS containers, power conversion systems (PCS), and the HV substation.
• Settings & Logic: Review and implement protection settings, logic diagrams, and coordination studies (Overcurrent, Distance, Differential, etc.)
• Testing & Commissioning: Lead or supervise secondary injection testing, CT/VT testing, and functional trip tests.
• Fault Analysis: Conduct root-cause analysis for any protection trips or system disturbances and provide technical reports to the client
• Client Interface: Act as the primary technical point of contact for the client regarding protection schemes. You must be able to justify settings and schemes during technical meetings.
• Address technical issues on site in a timely manner to ensure reliable operation and minimize downtime.
• Responsible for the installation, commissioning, repair, and maintenance of energy storage systems on site
• Need to obey the work arrangement of the site leader

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• At least 1+ years' of direct experience in protection and control engineering
• Strong technical support and troubleshooting skills
• Required knowledge & Technical skills in Protection Relays (Siemens/ABB/GE/SEL), Substation Protocols (IEC 61850, Modbus TCP/IP, DNP3), knowledge for protection requirements for the battery systems, proficiency in related softwares (ETAP etc.)