Protection & Control Engineer – Solar Storage Commissioning

Soltage LLC; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Soltage LLC is hiring a Protection and Control Engineer to lead P&C, SCADA, and commissioning for standalone energy storage, solar-plus-storage, and solar PV projects. This role covers relay settings, design reviews, and energization testing across North America.

The position reports to the SVP of Engineering, focuses on BESS and utility-scale projects, and requires strong knowledge of protection principles, SCADA systems, and commissioning procedures. Hybrid work from Jersey City, NJ.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of project or field engineering experience on renewable construction projects, with a focus on P&C design and implementation and plant commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of P&C systems for utility-scale substations, BESS, solar PV, and medium-voltage interconnection facilities.
• Working knowledge of SCADA architectures, substation automation, RTACs, RTUs, protective relays, and industrial networking.
• Working knowledge of electrical protection principles including overcurrent, differential, distance, transformer, feeder, bus, breaker failure, synch-check, anti-islanding, and transfer trip protection schemes.
• Familiarity with utility interconnection requirements and applicable North American codes and standards.
• Familiarity with commissioning documentation, including RFIs, submittals, ITPs, punch lists, deficiency tracking, and as-builts.
• Experience writing proposals and presenting to consultants, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), and regulatory agencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Provide P&C, SCADA, RTAC, communications, and commissioning engineering for utility-scale BESS, solar PV, and medium- and high-voltage substations across North America.
• Lead development and review of P&C packages, including protection philosophies, relay settings coordination, AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, and communications architecture.
• Develop and review commissioning procedures, relay logic, cause-and-effect matrices, functional specifications, and test documentation.
• Oversee SCADA and EMS integration, including RTUs, RTACs, HMIs, historians, remote communications, and cybersecurity.
• Support implementation of communication protocols including DNP3, Modbus TCP/IP and RTU, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, OPC UA, and IEEE C37.118.
• Lead commissioning activities, including point-to-point verification, relay testing, SCADA checkout, utility witness testing, grid synchronization, and commercial operation support.
• Perform root cause analysis on protection events, equipment failures, and communication issues, and recommend corrective actions.
• Review vendor submittals, protection studies, commissioning reports, and as-built documentation.
• Support EPC scopes of work, technical specifications, and RFPs for P&C, SCADA, and commissioning services.

Skills

P&C design

SCADA

RTAC

RTU

protective relays

industrial networking

communication protocols

project management

Tools

Procore

Primavera P6

Job description

Soltage LLC is hiring a Protection and Control Engineer to lead P&C, SCADA, and commissioning for standalone energy storage, solar-plus-storage, and solar PV projects. This role covers relay settings, design reviews, and energization testing across North America.

The position reports to the SVP of Engineering, focuses on BESS and utility-scale projects, and requires strong knowledge of protection principles, SCADA systems, and commissioning procedures. Hybrid work from Jersey City, NJ.