Power System Protection Engineer | Teach & Innovate Relays

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP (employee-owned)

401(k) options

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking a Power System Protection Engineer to provide expert technical support and solutions for protection schemes. You will teach, advise, and support customers to ensure reliability and safety of power grids.

Located in the United States, the role involves traveling to client sites, designing demonstrations, and contributing to technical documentation while advancing cutting-edge protective relaying technology.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• A master’s degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with power system protection and relays.
• Experience with utility/industrial protection, control, and operations.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Working with customers to apply new technologies or solutions to their power systems.
• Designing models and/or demonstrations of new technologies or solutions to teach customers how we can enhance their system(s).
• Supporting SEL products and solution troubleshooting to get to root cause of a problem.
• Analyzing responses of protective relays to power system faults.
• Teaching customers how to use SEL products or how protective relays protect primary electrical equipment.
• Contributing to and reviewing white papers, application guides, industry journals, and technical papers.

Skills

Power system protection

Relays

Customer relations

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team & independence

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking a Power System Protection Engineer to provide expert technical support and solutions for protection schemes. You will teach, advise, and support customers to ensure reliability and safety of power grids.

Located in the United States, the role involves traveling to client sites, designing demonstrations, and contributing to technical documentation while advancing cutting-edge protective relaying technology.