Relay Settings Engineer

Leidos Inc; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos, a Fortune 500 company, is hiring a Relay Settings Engineer to join our Power Delivery Solutions division. You will collaborate with protection engineers to design relay settings and IEC61850 logic diagrams for substations and renewable projects.

The role offers hybrid or remote options, with junior-level flexibility in Framingham, MA or Charlotte, NC. Travel to sites and labs is required for certain levels and projects, and growth opportunities like PE/PMP training are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (ABET accredited) with internship experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (ABET accredited) with three plus years of related experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and in-office/testing labs as needed.
• Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
• Ability to learn relay settings for microprocessor relays (SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB).
• Familiarity with protection and coordination studies and related software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Create logic diagrams for IEC61850 substations.
• Collaborate with clients and remote office staff.
• Support project planning through design and construction phases.
• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV to 500kV with documentation.
• Assist in solving complex substation engineering problems.

Skills

Relay settings

Protection coordination

Communication with clients

Travel willingness

Quality reviews

Education

BSEE ABET internship

BSEE 3+ yrs experience

Tools

Aspen OneLiner

Siemens CAPE

Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet

GE EnerVista

Schneider MiCOM

Job description

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

Leidos is a Fortune 500 company that brings over 70 years of experience in support of both investor-owned and municipal utility growth goals. The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps utilities address complex challenges through comprehensive, performance-based solutions delivered across the full project lifecycle. Our capabilities include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning services for electric power substations, transmission and distribution systems, protection and controls design, and electrification programs. Utilities nationwide rely on Leidos for trusted power industry expertise, demonstrated by our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and over 100 municipal and cooperative utilities, as well as a growing portfolio of private developer clients.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos' Power Delivery Solutions (PDS) division is hiring for a Relay Settings Engineer to join our diverse and fast-paced organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

Hybrid or Remote: Fully remote is only available for mid level candidates with a minimum of three years of relay settings experience. Position is open to entry level/junior candidates with one plus years of relay experience or an engineering internship. Junior candidates must be able to work a hybrid schedule in either Framingham, MA or Charlotte, NC.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Create logic diagrams for IEC61850 substations.
• Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
• Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Associate Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited institution and internship experience.
• Intermediate Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited institution and three plus years of related experience.
• Must be willing to travel to customer sites and in-office / testing lab as needed.
• Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
• Capable of understanding Aspen OneLiner and/or Siemen's CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
• Preparation of protective relay coordination studies.
• Ability to learn development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others for both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses).
• Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet, General Electric EnerVista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail with a passion for quality.
• Experience implementing control and protection schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and preparing relay logic to complete the schemes.

Favorable if you have:

• Experience preparing technical reports.
• Experience understanding power system protection
• Ability to travel overnight on occasional basis
• Ability to effectively work in a fast paced team environment.
• EIT/PE License.

In this role, you can also expect to gain:

• Professional Engineer License (PE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Technical & non-technical training opportunities
• Mentorship Program

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:April 13, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.