Senior MV Switchgear Engineer — Hybrid Role & Growth

Power Careers (powercareers.net); Arizona; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Careers LLC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for medium-voltage switchgear to join a growing engineering team in the Greater Phoenix or Greater Houston areas. You will apply switchgear platforms to customer specifications, translating requirements into coordinated configurations and manufacturing documentation.

You’ll work with metal-clad and metal-enclosed MV gear, breaker's controls, CT/PT interfaces, relays, and bus systems, with mentoring opportunities and process improvements

Qualifications

• Hands-on switchgear, switchboards or related power-distribution experience.
• Translate customer requirements into equipment drawings and configurations.
• Familiarity with ANSI/IEEE C37 standards and UL switchgear standards.
• Experience with electrical CAD and engineering documentation tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop order-specific switchgear configurations from customer specs.
• Prepare electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, BOMs.
• Coordinate breaker controls, CT/PT interfaces and relays with teams.
• Assess configurations against ANSI/IEEE C37 standards and type-test data.
• Ensure customer modifications stay within design/certification boundaries.
• Support manufacturing and testing with clarifications.
• Improve peer reviews, documentation quality, and controlled releases.
• Organize reusable technical information and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Switchgear engineering

Electrical CAD

Customer requirements to drawings

Breaker controls & CT/PT interfaces

Protective relaying & interlocks

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Electrical CAD software

Job description

Power Careers LLC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for medium-voltage switchgear to join a growing engineering team in the Greater Phoenix or Greater Houston areas. You will apply switchgear platforms to customer specifications, translating requirements into coordinated configurations and manufacturing documentation.

You’ll work with metal-clad and metal-enclosed MV gear, breaker's controls, CT/PT interfaces, relays, and bus systems, with mentoring opportunities and process improvements