Senior Protection Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman (WA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation accrual

Sick days

Family leave

Employee-owned

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Pullman, WA, seeks a Senior Protection Engineer to bring deep power system expertise into the Synchrowave software development process.

You will work with developers, engineers, and UX designers to create new tools that automate fault analysis, locate faults, and prevent outages. This role emphasizes teaching customers, collaborating globally, and contributing to technical papers and presentations at conferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in power system protection and fault analysis.
• Experience with utility/industrial power systems with emphasis on protection and fault analysis.
• Experience with Synchrowave software and SEL products.
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead the specification, design, implementation and testing of fault analysis tools for electric power systems.
• Analyze fault and power quality data from protective relays, DFRs, meters, and sensors.
• Teach customers how to implement, deploy and use fault analysis tools.
• Collaborate with engineers worldwide to share knowledge and gather feedback.
• Author white papers, application guides, industry journals, and present at conferences.

Skills

Power system protection

Fault analysis

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synchrowave software

SEL products

Job description

Join Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) as a Senior Protection Engineer where you will help shape the future of power system event analysis. The Synchrowave software team builds advanced tools that engineers around the world rely on to understand, diagnose, and improve power system performance. In this role you will bring deep power system expertise directly into the software development process. You’ll collaborate with developers, engineers, and UX designers to develop new products that automate event analysis, locate faults and prevent outages. Your work will play a key role in ensuring that Synchrowave products deliver accurate, reliable, and intuitive analyses to engineers who depend on SEL solutions every day. If you’re passionate about applying your power system knowledge to create high‑impact software tools that transform the way engineers analyze faults, we would be excited to welcome you to the Synchrowave team.

Typical Day

• Leading the specification, design, implementation and testing of fault analysis tools for electric power systems.
• Analyzing power system fault and power quality data collected from protective relays, DFRs, meters, and other sensors.
• Teaching customers how to implement, deploy and use fault analysis tools.
• Collaborating with engineers around the world to share knowledge, best practices and gather feedback.
• Authoring and reviewing white papers, application guides, industry journals, and technical papers and presenting at conferences & seminars.

You may be a fit if you:

• Desire learning how the power system responds to system faults and how protective relays detect that.
• Desire involvoment in the cutting‑edge technology of protective relaying.
• Have a passion for teaching others.
• Enjoy applying creativity to engineering solutions every day.
• Enjoy every day bringing new challenges versus every day being predictable.

Qualifications and Abilities

• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience with power system protection, fault analysis and fault location.
• Work experience and knowledge of utility and/or industrial power systems with an emphasis on protection, fault analysis and power quality analysis.
• Experience working with Synchrowave software and SEL products.
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.
• The ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• The ability to travel 20%.

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. People are at the core of our company and we hire employee‑owners.

We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees. We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options. We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay. We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs. Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data: Senior Engineer $155,100 - $232,700 annually. We are open to candidates with more experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our salary ranges are determined by job and responsibility. We base our starting pay offer and title on location and job‑related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled. SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee‑owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide. Our mission is simple: to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.