Associate Power System Protection Engineer
About The Position
As a Power System Protection Engineer at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), you will provide expert technical support and solutions for power system protection schemes. You will teach, advise, and support customers to help ensure the reliability and safety of power grids. The position is based in Jackson, Mississippi, and involves travel 25% of the time. SEL describes its mission as making electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. The company emphasizes quality, reliability, integrity, customer service, and employee professional development. Employees are employee-owners. The role includes helping customers apply technologies and solutions to their power systems, developing models and demonstrations to explain solutions, troubleshooting SEL products and solutions, analyzing protective relay responses to power system faults, teaching customers about SEL products and protective relaying, and contributing to technical publications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- At least 1 year of experience with power system protection and relays.
- Relevant work experience and knowledge of utility and/or industrial power systems, emphasizing protection, control, and operations.
- Ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to travel 25% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree.
Responsibilities
- Work with customers to apply new technologies or solutions to their power systems.
- Design models and/or demonstrations of technologies or solutions to show customers how their systems can be enhanced.
- Support troubleshooting of SEL products and solutions and identify root causes of problems.
- Analyze protective relay responses to power system faults.
- Teach customers to use SEL products and explain how protective relays protect primary electrical equipment.
- Contribute to and review white papers, application guides, industry journals, and technical papers.
Benefits
- Employer-funded employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
- Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 10 paid holidays.
- Annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days.
- 9 paid sick days.
- Paid family and medical leave covering 90% of pay.
- STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
- Wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
