Current positions in the electrical industry

I’m partnering with a long established and highly respected manufacturer of intelligent power distribution equipment serving utilities, renewable energy developers, industrial facilities, municipalities, and critical infrastructure throughout North America and around the world. Their technology plays an important role in making the electrical grid smarter, more reliable, and more resilient. Innovation is not simply a marketing slogan here. It is part of the company’s culture, and their engineers are trusted to solve challenging problems that directly impact customers and the reliability of the power system.

As the business continues to grow, they are adding a new position to support their expanding Grid Automation Engineering team. This role reports directly to the Engineering Manager for Grid Automation, who remains an active engineer imself. The objective is simple. Bring in another strong technical engineer who can own projects from beginning to end while allowing the manager to focus more of his time leading the organization.

If you enjoy solving complex protection and power system challenges, working directly with customers, and seeing your engineering come to life in the field, this is an outstanding opportunity.

You do not need previous relay programming experience to be successful. What matters most is your understanding of power system protection, your ability to think through technical challenges, and your willingness to learn. The company will teach the relay programming portion of the job. They are looking for an engineer with a solid technical foundation who wants to continue building their expertise.

As you grow into the position, you will lead sophisticated distribution automation projects with increasing independence. You will work directly with customers to understand their objectives, develop technical scopes of work, create protection and automation solutions, perform testing, support factory acceptance testing, and travel to customer sites throughout the continental United States for commissioning activities.

You will become part of a collaborative engineering group consisting of experienced automation engineers and field service professionals who genuinely enjoy sharing knowledge and helping one another succeed.

Success in this position comes from becoming the technical leader customers rely on. Over time, you will develop expertise programming protective relays, designing automation logic, simulating system performance, commissioning solutions in the field, and solving real world power system problems that improve grid reliability.

The position offers approximately 25% travel within the continental United States. Candidates working remotely should expect additional travel to company headquarters for factory acceptance testing and collaboration with the engineering team.

You will lead the technical execution of power grid automation projects from initial customer discussions through commissioning and final acceptance. Along the way you will develop functional designs, configure protection and automation systems, perform testing, provide technical guidance to customers, support sales efforts, and collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and field service teams.

You’ll also have the opportunity to make technical presentations, support industry conferences, work with technology partners, mentor developing engineers, and continue expanding your expertise as automation technologies evolve.

If you have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering along with approximately five or more years of experience in power system protection, protection engineering, or related electrical power applications, along with a solid understanding of power system fundamentals, protective relaying, and electrical communications is essential, we need to talk! Experience working with the IEC 61850 standard is required.

Opportunities like this are increasingly difficult to find. Join an organization that continues to invest heavily in engineering, technology, and product innovation while giving engineers the freedom to solve meaningful technical challenges. Rather than being limited to a narrow piece of the design process, you’ll own projects from concept through commissioning and see the direct impact of your work on electric utilities and critical infrastructure across the country.

If you’re looking for an engineering role where you’ll continue learning, tackle increasingly complex power system challenges, and play an important part in the modernization of North America’s electrical grid, this is for you!