Power System Protection Engineer — Teach, Solve, Protect Grids

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 160,000; Full time

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.

In this role, you will work with customers to apply new technologies, design demonstrations, and analyze protective relays while traveling about 25% of the time to locations including Alpharetta, GA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with power system protection and relays.
• Experience with utility/industrial power systems focusing on protection, control, and operations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to apply new technologies or solutions to their power systems.
• Design models and demonstrations of new technologies or solutions to teach customers how we can enhance their systems.
• Support SEL products and solution troubleshooting to get to root cause of a problem.
• Analyze responses of protective relays to power system faults.
• Teach customers how to use SEL products and how protective relays protect primary electrical equipment.
• Contribute to and review white papers, application guides, industry journals, and technical papers.

Skills

Power system protection

Relays

Customer relations

Communication

Teamwork

Travel readiness

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.

In this role, you will work with customers to apply new technologies, design demonstrations, and analyze protective relays while traveling about 25% of the time to locations including Alpharetta, GA.