Senior Relay Settings Engineer

Leidos; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is a Fortune 500 company delivering energy solutions and has a strong portfolio in power delivery and substation projects.

Leidos' Power Delivery Solutions (PDS) division seeks a Senior Relay Settings Engineer to design relay settings for 4.16kV to 500kV, review protection schemes, and support design through construction, while collaborating with engineers and clients across remote locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institution or BSEE plus PE License.
• Minimum of four plus years of relevant experience in power system protection and relay settings development.
• Ability to understand Aspen OneLiner / Siemens CAPE for coordination and fault studies.
• Experience in preparing high-quality technical reports for protective relay settings and related studies.
• Ability to develop relay settings for relays including SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others.
• Deep understanding of transmission line protection schemes and substation protection schemes.
• Experience in interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams.
• High attention to detail with a passion for quality.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced team.
• Willingness to travel overnight to customer sites, in-office, or testing lab occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points and configuration files.
• Collaborate with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Support project planning activities through design and construction support.
• Work directly with clients and remote staff.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems.

Skills

Relay settings

Protection engineering

Drafting reports

Travel willingness

Customer interaction

Education

BSEE ABET-accredited

PE License

Tools

Aspen OneLiner

Siemens CAPE

Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet

GE EnerVista

Schneider Electric MiCOM

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

Leidos is a Fortune 500® company with nearly $18B in sales and 50,000 employees that brings over 70 years of experience in support of both investor-owned and municipal utility growth goals. Leidos Energy helps utilities address complex challenges through comprehensive, performance-based solutions delivered across the full project lifecycle. Our capabilities include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning services for electric power substations, transmission and distribution systems, protection and controls design, and electrification programs. Utilities nationwide rely on Leidos for trusted power industry expertise, demonstrated by our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and over 100 municipal and cooperative utilities, as well as a growing portfolio of private developer clients.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos' Power Delivery Solutions (PDS) division is hiring a Senior Relay Settings Engineer to join our diverse and fast-paced organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

Location:

This position is open to fully remote. If an office environment is preferred, a hybrid schedule from a Leidos office location may be considered.

What you’ll be doing:

• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
• Collaborate with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
• Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited institution or BSEE and a PE License.
• Minimum of four plus years of relevant experience such as power system protection, developing relay settings, creating logic diagrams, etc.
• Capable of understanding Aspen OneLiner / Siemens CAPE for coordination and fault studies.
• Experience in preparing high-quality technical reports for protective relay settings and related studies.
• Ability to develop relay settings for various relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB, and others.
• Deep understanding of transmission line protection schemes (e.g., line differential, step distance, pilot, etc.) and substation protection schemes (e.g., capacitor, transformer, bus, etc.).
• Experience in interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams.
• High attention to detail with a passion for quality.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel overnight to customer sites, in-office, or testing lab on occasional basis.

Favorable if you have:

• Experience with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance standards.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) License.
• Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet, General Electric EnerVista, or Schneider Electric MiCOM.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 5, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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