Lead Relay Settings Engineer – Protective Systems Lead

Qualus; Town of Florida (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Lead Relay Settings Engineer to design, specify, calculate, and coordinate protective relaying and relay control schemes for major utility substations.

This remote-friendly role supports customers nationwide, with work locations including FL, NV, ID, NC, TX, and more. It emphasizes technical excellence, clear communication, and customer service.

7+ years of protection and control experience and a BS in Electrical Engineering are required, with PE preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a power systems focus.
• 7+ years of protection and control engineering experience.
• Experience with ASPEN and/or CAPE.
• Professional Engineering registration or plan to become registered.
• Professional Engineering registration in the working state a plus.
• Strong analytical and computer skills.
• Must be able to identify necessary software to complete needed design work.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills.
• Possess ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of support personnel.

Responsibilities

• Design, specification, setting calculation, and coordination of protective relaying and relay control schemes.
• Modeling, short circuit and overstressed breaker studies as well as the protective relaying recommendations for proposed generation interconnections to a client’s electrical system.
• Ensures all relay settings activities, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the company’s established policies and objectives, and with client design standards.
• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable, articulate manner.
• Work collaboratively with the appropriate groups/ individuals in Qualus to develop and implement technical solutions that support the objectives of the Engineering Department.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Protection and control engineering

Relay settings design

ASPEN

CAPE

CYME familiarity

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Self-starter

Education

BSEE with power systems focus

MS degree acceptable in lieu

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Lead Relay Settings Engineer to design, specify, calculate, and coordinate protective relaying and relay control schemes for major utility substations.

This remote-friendly role supports customers nationwide, with work locations including FL, NV, ID, NC, TX, and more. It emphasizes technical excellence, clear communication, and customer service.

7+ years of protection and control experience and a BS in Electrical Engineering are required, with PE preferred.