Application Engineer – Protection (Multiple Openings)

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. seeks an Application Engineer - Protection for our Charlotte, North Carolina field office to advance power system protection knowledge and SEL product applications.

The role involves visiting customers, delivering demonstrations and training, and contributing to product specifications and testing literature. Occasional travel nationwide is required, with regular on-site work at the Charlotte office.

Responsibilities

• The Application Engineer - Protection is required to develop, maintain, and improve knowledge of power system protection and all SEL related products.
• The incumbent will apply engineering principles to help customers apply SEL products through visits, demonstrations, training courses, and telephone contacts; contribute to product specifications, applications, and testing software and literature; broadcast new information on product applications and testing to SEL national field offices; participate in SEL marketing and sales activities and industry technical meetings and conferences; teach in training schools for customers and SEL personnel; follow and improve marketing, sales, and engineering quality procedures.

Job description

Responsibilities

• The Application Engineer - Protection is required to develop, maintain, and improve knowledge of power system protection and all SEL related products.
• The incumbent will apply the principles of electrical, electromechanical, and computer engineering to: (1) help customers apply SEL products through visits, demonstrations, training courses, and telephone contacts; (2) contribute to product specifications, applications, and testing software and literature; (3) broadcast new information on product applications and testing to SEL national field offices; (4) participate in SEL marketing and sales activities and industry technical meetings and conferences; (5) teach in training schools for customers and SEL personnel; and (6) follow and improve marketing, sales, and engineering quality procedures.

Travel

These full-time positions will be based at SEL’s Charlotte field office located at 901 Center Park Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28217. Because SEL has numerous customers nationwide, some travel is required, as the incumbent will occasionally and on a short-term basis be deployed to various customer sites. Candidates must therefore be willing to travel to various unanticipated locations throughout the United States on an ongoing basis. However, the position requires regular on-site work at the Charlotte field office and does not permit remote work or work-from-home arrangements, notwithstanding any required business travel to customer sites.

The Opportunity: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (“SEL”) seeks professional, innovative and detailed individuals for our Application Engineer – Protection position located at our field office in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you are looking for an opportunity to work with industry experts while participating in developing cutting edge products, then this may be the position for you!

An Award Winning Company

The Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) family of companies has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets in many different industries, markets, and geographies around the world. SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled. #SEL25 SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee-owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide. Our mission is simple: to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.