Protection & Control Engineer - Substations (T&D) | Remote

AMARIS GROUP SA; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amaris Consulting is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support high‑voltage substation projects across transmission and distribution. You’ll design protection and control systems for AC, HVDC, and FACTS, and collaborate with project teams through the lifecycle.

You will prepare accurate design packages, review deliverables, and coordinate with engineers, vendors, and field teams to meet safety and delivery deadlines. This role offers remote eligibility across North America.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience designing protection and control systems for HV or EHV substations.
• Experience with utility, renewable energy or industrial projects.
• Knowledge of substation voltage levels ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control designs for T&D substations, data centers, industrial facilities and BESS projects.
• Prepare protection single-line and three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, tripping tables and matrices, logic diagrams, metering and alarm schematics, panel arrangements and wiring diagrams.
• Produce auxiliary AC and DC one-line diagrams.
• Perform DC battery and charger sizing, voltage-drop calculations and auxiliary AC power calculations.
• Review P&C deliverables, including single-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, panel arrangements, schematics and wiring documentation.
• Work with electrical layout engineers and designers, relay setting engineers, site managers, commissioning engineers and field teams.
• Coordinate with equipment vendors and manufacturers, and review their technical documentation.
• Support the preparation of FAT and SAT procedures.
• Participate in constructability reviews.
• Work with the Project Engineering Manager and P&C Lead to resolve technical design issues.
• Maintain a strong focus on safety, technical accuracy and delivery deadlines.

Skills

Protection design

P&C engineering

HV/EHV substations

HVDC & FACTS

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

Aspen OneLiner

AutoCAD

EBase

IEC 61850

NERC-CIP

SCADA configuration

Job description

Amaris Consulting is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support high‑voltage substation projects across transmission and distribution. You’ll design protection and control systems for AC, HVDC, and FACTS, and collaborate with project teams through the lifecycle.

You will prepare accurate design packages, review deliverables, and coordinate with engineers, vendors, and field teams to meet safety and delivery deadlines. This role offers remote eligibility across North America.