Senior Engineer - Protection & Control

Iberdrola; City of Rochester (NY); Presencial; USD 96.000 - 121.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) match 12%

Bonuses based on performance

Professional development

Descripción de la vacante

ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP in Rochester, NY seeks a Senior Engineer – Protection & Control to advance high‑reliability protection and control standards. The role involves researching best practices, developing engineering tools, and guiding projects across transmission, substation, and distribution scopes.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years in substations or protection and control, experience with relays from SEL/GE/Siemens, and strong analytical

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; 5+ years in substations, transmission or protection & control.
• Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens relays.
• Fundamentals of transformers, reactive power, power flow and digital logic.

Responsabilidades

• Develop P&C engineering standards, relay setting templates, and engineering tools.
• Conduct engineering analysis and research industry papers and manuals.
• Lead projects and facilitate meetings with engineers, contractors, and vendors.
• Author engineering standards and present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate new vendors and technologies and participate in project studies.

Conocimientos

Power systems engineering

Protection & control design

Electrical fundamentals

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

5+ years experience in related field

Herramientas

SEL relays

GE relays

Siemens relays

Descripción del empleo

Senior Engineer - Protection & Control# Iberdrola Group | Careers## Senior Engineer - Protection & ControlApply: United States Of America, New York, Rochester: United States Of America, New York, Binghamton: Posted Today: End Date: December 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply): R-34378**Job Title: Senior Engineer – Protection & Control****Location:** Rochester, NY; or Binghamton, NY.**Work type:** Office (on-site)The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from **$96,400** to **$120,500.****What We Offer:*** Competitive benefits and growth opportunities* Generous performance‐based bonuses* 12% 401(k) match* Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance* Tuition reimbursement* Professional development and clear career‐advancement pathways**For more information, please visit:** **Benefits - Avangrid****Job Summary**This role is responsible for researching industry best practices to create Protection and Control standards. Responsibilities also include development of new engineering processes and tools, evaluating new P&C technologies, and writes industry white papers.System scope includes transmission, substation, and distribution. Service companies include Central Maine Power, New York State Electric & Gas, Rochester Gas & Electric, and United Illuminating. **Responsibilities:*** General responsibilities include assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.* Conducts engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals.* As a senior engineer, this position grants autonomy to propose solutions to open-ended challenges but requires the engineer to work mostly autonomously.* The senior engineer is expected to lead engineering projects and facilitate meetings with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.* Authoring engineering standards and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.* Participate in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.* Engineers in the Philosophy and Standards group often are requested to work on special one-off projects. Past examples include overhauling arc flash calculation methods, evaluating the feasibility of distribution switching stations, evaluating new substation designs.* Active projects include engineering AVANGRID’s first IEC 61850 Process Bus Substation, evaluating Virtualized Protection Relays, expanding relaying laboratories (including use of an RTDS), conducting studies, updating engineering standards, creating internal engineering training courses, and writing conference papers.**Required Qualifications:****Education & Experience Required:*** Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equal and greater than 5 (five) years of experience in electrical substations, transmission systems, distribution systems operations up to 345kV, or protection and control design and construction* Due to the open-ended nature of the department’s responsibilities, an intuitive understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals is required. This includes transformer basics, reactive power, power flow, electrical losses, and digital logic.**Preferred Qualifications:*** Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.* Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.* Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens relays.* Experience or knowledge in the following areas is preferred: IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS), networking, real time digital simulators (RTDS), virtualized protection relays, and centralized substation protection. **Behavioral Competencies:*** Develop self & others* Empower to grow* Collaborate and share* Be a role model* Focus to achieve results* Be agile #LI-NB1#LI-office **Company:**ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP**Mobility Information**Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at [e-mail] employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.**Job Posting End Date:**December-31-2026