Electrical Engineer 3 - Tysons, VA with Security Clearance

Unofficial M.C. Dean; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and-dis

Tuition reimbursement

401k Retirement Plan

Paid time off

Paid maternity leave

Military Reserve pay offset

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking an Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in MV substations, power distribution, and datacenter infrastructure. You will design and integrate electrical systems for mission-critical projects, ensuring reliability, safety, and compliance with NEC/IEEE/IEC standards.

The role emphasizes leadership in design, collaboration across disciplines, and ongoing opportunities to prototype and deploy advanced power solutions for secure facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required; 5+ years in Electrical Engineering or related field (Master's 3+ years).
• PE license preferred.
• 6+ years designing complex electrical projects: MV substations, power distribution, data center infrastructure, industrial power systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead MV substation design including equipment selection, layout, protection and control schemes, grounding, and cable routing.
• Develop power distribution designs for varied projects optimizing efficiency and reliability.
• Spearhead datacenter electrical design focusing on redundancy, fault tolerance, and integration with cooling and backup systems.
• Design industrial process power systems considering equipment specs, power quality, surge protection, and harmonics mitigation.
• Assist with analysis, evaluation, engineering, and implementation of system improvements and deployments.
• Develop designs for large, multi-site data center infrastructure and virtualized environments; document designs and changes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Tools

ETAP

AutoCAD

SKM Power Tools

Job description

Overview Your Future at M.C. Dean

We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world's most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained-enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better. We are seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer 3 with a strong background in complex electrical projects and power generation to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in designing medium voltage (MV) substations, power distribution systems, mission-critical datacenter infrastructure, and industrial process power systems. The selected candidate will play a crucial role in delivering innovative and reliable electrical designs that meet the demanding requirements of diverse projects.

Responsibilities

• MV Substation Design: Lead the design and engineering of medium voltage (MV) substations, including equipment selection, layout, protection and control schemes, grounding systems, and cable routing. Ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Power Distribution Design: Develop comprehensive power distribution designs for various projects, optimizing efficiency and reliability while accounting for load calculations, cable sizing, switchgear selection, and protective devices.
• Mission-Critical Datacenter Design: Spearhead the electrical design aspects of mission-critical datacenters, focusing on redundancy, fault tolerance, and seamless operation. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to integrate power infrastructure with cooling and backup systems.
• Industrial Process Power Design: Design and engineer industrial process power systems, considering equipment specifications, power quality, surge protection, harmonics mitigation, and integration of automation and control systems.
• Assist with the analysis, evaluation, engineering, and implementation of system improvements, optimization, and deployments.
• Develop and implement designs for large, complex multi-site data center infrastructure and virtualized environment solutions.
• Document designs, and changes to infrastructure environments including physical/logical drawings, engineering design plans, implementation plans, transition plans, test plans, and failover plans.
• Implement, test, and operate large complex data center and virtualized compute, storage, and network environments.
• Perform security updates to hardware and software to ensure the security posture across all systems implemented and managed.
• Research, prototype, and develop emerging technologies by working closely with industry partners and OEMs to implement the latest and best-in-bread capabilities to meet the customers emerging needs.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Qualifications Education & Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience or Master's degree with 3+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.
• Proven experience (6+ years) in designing complex electrical projects, with a focus on MV substations, power distribution, datacenter infrastructure, and industrial power systems.
• Strong proficiency in electrical design software and tools (e.g., ETAP, AutoCAD, SKM Power Tools, etc.).
• Solid understanding of relevant codes and standards (e.g., NEC, IEEE, IEC) and their application in electrical designs.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
• Project management experience is a plus.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance with federal government.

Advantageous Qualifications

• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• Certified in Power Quality (CPQ)
• Lighting Certified (LC)
• Certified Lighting & Efficiency Professional (CLEP)
• Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
• INCOSE Certifications
• LEED certified
• DoD Secret clearance
• AutoCAD Inventor Experience
• SEL product training
• Experience with Modular Construction and/or LOD 300+400
• AGI32 software

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person. Pay Range USD $104,240.00 - USD $130,300.00 /Yr.