Senior Principal Engineer – Power System Protection

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman (WA); Presencial; USD 209.000 - 270.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Employee ownership

ESOP program

401(k) plan

Top-tier benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Boise, ID or Pullman, WA seeks a Principal Engineer – Protection to bridge customers, markets, and R&D, translating insights into differentiated protection products and solutions.

You will lead discovery, guide roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Product Management, Sales, Engineering Services, and quality assurance to drive growth, adoption, and profitable innovation while upholding SEL values.

Formación

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering or an applicable discipline.
• 15+ years working knowledge and experience of electric power systems or other equivalent transferable knowledge and industry experience.
• Recognized as a leader, advocate and expert within SEL and industry practices.
• Demonstrated expertise in the primary focus area (Protection), with strong working knowledge of adjacent technologies, applications, products, and market segments necessary to support cross‑functional innovation, product strategy, and customer engagement.
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for developing and mentoring engineers.
• Excellent technical training, speaking, writing, and customer service skills.
• Willingness to travel per business need.
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
• Negative drug test result(s).

Responsabilidades

• Lead the discovery, development, evaluation, and advancement of innovative ideas, technologies, applications, market opportunities, and growth initiatives that invent the future and support long-term business objectives.
• Drive market analysis, technology benchmarking, competitive intelligence, customer engagement, customer feedback collection, application discovery, and trend analysis to identify unmet needs, emerging opportunities, and differentiated value propositions.
• Establish and manage a continuous pipeline of strategic opportunities derived from the union of customer needs, market dynamics, industry developments, technology advancements, and SEL innovation initiatives.
• Translate market opportunities into product requirements and development initiatives by collaborating with Product Management, Sales & Customer Service, Engineering Services, R&D, Subject Matter Experts, Application Leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Provide deep protection expertise in technologies, systems, applications, and customer challenges to ensure products and solutions address validated market needs and deliver differentiated value.
• Influence product strategy, portfolio planning, technology roadmaps, business cases, value propositions, positioning strategies, and technical narratives that support business growth and customer success.

Conocimientos

Protection expertise

Power systems

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Technical writing and speaking

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

BS in Electrical Engineering

Herramientas

Professional Engineer (PE)

Descripción del empleo

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Boise, ID or Pullman, WA seeks a Principal Engineer – Protection to bridge customers, markets, and R&D, translating insights into differentiated protection products and solutions.

You will lead discovery, guide roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Product Management, Sales, Engineering Services, and quality assurance to drive growth, adoption, and profitable innovation while upholding SEL values.