Senior Protection Engineer – Hybrid (Relay Systems SME)

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; San Ramon (CA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive compensation

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a seasoned Electrical Engineer to oversee protection and control for transmission and distribution systems. The role involves specifying, designing, and applying protective relay packages to ensure reliable and secure operation of 500kV assets, with testing, modeling, and audits of protection equipment.

The position is hybrid, requiring an average of two days per week in the San Ramon office or as business needs demand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 9 years experience in system protection.

Responsibilities

• Searches and solves highly complex problems in protection systems.
• Identifies opportunities to improve system performance via protection schemes.
• Documents processes and technical specifications for protection schemes.
• Supports multiple internal and external clients as a second tier of support.
• Plans, designs, and architects complete protection systems.
• Acts as SME in protection areas and guides junior engineers.

Skills

Protection systems

Fault analysis

Engineering analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a seasoned Electrical Engineer to oversee protection and control for transmission and distribution systems. The role involves specifying, designing, and applying protective relay packages to ensure reliable and secure operation of 500kV assets, with testing, modeling, and audits of protection equipment.

The position is hybrid, requiring an average of two days per week in the San Ramon office or as business needs demand.