Entry-Level System Protection Engineer

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; West Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in West Sacramento is seeking an entry-level Associate Protection Engineer to support protection studies and projects for transmission voltages up to 230 kV under supervision. This hybrid role blends remote work with on-site assignments across the PG&E service territory.

The position is represented by ESC; salary ranges from $99,936 to $157,596 annually and reflects factors such as education, licenses, experience, and location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline; or graduating with a BSEE or related discipline by December 2026 from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US.
• EIT Certificate
• 2 years of experience in engineering
• Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory
• Basic understanding of symmetrical component theory and ability to perform fault calculations
• Basic knowledge of logic gate theory and control circuitry
• Able to read and understand Operating, Single line, SLM&R, and Schematic diagrams
• Ability to quickly learn protection concepts and their application

Responsibilities

• Provide protection engineering support for projects and studies for transmission voltages 230 kV and below.
• Issue protection requirements and prepare description of operations for non-standard and localized RAS schemes
• Conduct short circuit studies, calculate short circuit line impedance
• Determine and issue relay and automatics settings
• Support relay system installations, such as review test program, end-to-end test, load check, direction check, relay release, etc.
• Conduct area coordination studies
• Participate in project walkdown and project meetings
• Provide construction drawing reviews
• Update and maintain records (Aspen relay database, transformer data sheet, short circuit base case, etc.)
• Review and approve new tools and training prior to rollout
• Design and set localized RAS schemes based on Operation Engineering requirements
• Identify existing protection deficiencies
• Provide normal and emergency maintenance and operation support
• Provide fault location and investigate questionable relay operations, perform remote event retrieval
• Process clearance requests and provide specific protection setup
• Assist technicians and operators for routine maintenance and operation work
• Provide project and routine M&O support to Hydro generation
• Manage digital fault recorders and perform event retrieval
• Conduct FERC generation interconnection studies and third-party load interconnections

Skills

Fault calculations

Relay settings

Protection concepts

Remote event retrieval

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering

EIT Certificate

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in West Sacramento is seeking an entry-level Associate Protection Engineer to support protection studies and projects for transmission voltages up to 230 kV under supervision. This hybrid role blends remote work with on-site assignments across the PG&E service territory.

The position is represented by ESC; salary ranges from $99,936 to $157,596 annually and reflects factors such as education, licenses, experience, and location.