Employee-Owned Power Systems Protection & Control Engineer

ECE; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ECE, an employee-owned engineering company, designs and delivers power system protection and automation solutions for transmission, distribution, and renewable projects. We seek a Power Systems Protection & Control Engineer to design, program, test, commission, and support protection and automation systems across complex projects.

You will perform field support, relay testing, and client interactions while advancing SCADA development and protection studies in a dynamic energy landscape.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with substation protection and automation systems.
• Experience testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting protection and control systems.
• Strong knowledge of IEC-61850 and protection schemes.

Responsibilities

• Relay panel design, wiring schematics, and programming.
• Protective relay settings, coordination, and system studies.
• Arc flash analysis, interconnection studies, and DG protection.
• Field commissioning and technical support for protection systems.
• SCADA and HMI/Master Station development.

Skills

Substation automation

Protective relays

Relay testing

IEC-61850 knowledge

Client interaction

Field support

Project ownership

Troubleshooting

Tools

Omicron equipment

Doble equipment

SEL technologies

RTAC programming

SynchroWAVe

AcSELerator software

Job description

ECE, an employee-owned engineering company, designs and delivers power system protection and automation solutions for transmission, distribution, and renewable projects. We seek a Power Systems Protection & Control Engineer to design, program, test, commission, and support protection and automation systems across complex projects.

You will perform field support, relay testing, and client interactions while advancing SCADA development and protection studies in a dynamic energy landscape.