Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks a Senior Secondary Engineer to lead control and protection activities across AIS and GIS substations from 69kV to 765kV in the United States.

You will drive engineering across protection philosophies, schematics, communications, and substation automation, supporting design through construction and commissioning. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, customers, and commissioning personnel to develop robust protection schemes, relay configurations, load flow

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering required.
• 8+ years in control and protection engineering for AIS/GIS substations.
• Experience with protection SLDs, philosophies, comms architectures, and AC/DC schematics.
• 2+ years with substation protection relays, relay configuration, load flow, short circuit, arc flash, CT/VT sizing.
• PE license or ability to obtain; travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead Secondary Engineering activities across AIS and GIS projects from 69kV to 765kV.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams and external partners for successful project delivery.
• Develop protection scope documents, design packages, and customer-focused engineering solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for Secondary Engineering on proposals and projects.
• Create detailed engineering documents including protection single-line diagrams, philosophies, communication architectures, and AC/DC schematics.

Skills

Protection engineering

Substation engineering

Relay protection

NERC/IEEE standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain

Tools

E3 Relay Software

AutoCAD

Job description

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks a Senior Secondary Engineer to lead control and protection activities across AIS and GIS substations from 69kV to 765kV in the United States.

You will drive engineering across protection philosophies, schematics, communications, and substation automation, supporting design through construction and commissioning. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, customers, and commissioning personnel to develop robust protection schemes, relay configurations, load flow