Associate System Protection Engineer

Jobs at Pacific Gas And Electric Company•San Ramon, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate System Protection Engineer role is an entry-level position within the Electric Engineering department, specifically in System Protection Engineering. This role provides support for projects, protection studies, and performs protection job duties for transmission voltages 230 kV and below, under the direction of a supervisor or a more experienced engineer. The position is hybrid, requiring work from a remote office and the assigned work location within the PG&E Service Territory based on business needs. This position is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline; or graduating with a BSEE or related discipline by July 2026 from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US.
Able to apply basic engineering principles and theory.
Basic understanding of symmetrical component theory and ability to perform fault calculations.
Basic knowledge of logic gate theory and control circuitry.
Able to read and understand Operating, Single line, SLM&R, and Schematic diagrams.
Ability to quickly learn protection concepts and their application.

Nice To Haves

EIT Certificate
2 years of experience in engineering

Responsibilities

Provide protection engineering support for projects and studies.
Issue protection requirements and prepare description of operations for non-standard and localized RAS schemes.
Conduct short circuit studies, calculate short circuit line impedance.
Determine and issue relay and automatics settings.
Support relay system installations, such as review test program, end-to-end test, load check, direction check, relay release, etc.
Conduct area coordination studies.
Participate in project walkdown and project meetings.
Update and maintain records, such as Aspen relay data base, transformer data sheet, short circuit base case, hard copy files, and automatics data base, job files, port assignment sheets, breaker files, etc.
Review and approve new tools and training prior to rollout.
Design and set localized RAS schemes based on Operation Engineering requirements.
Identify existing protection deficiencies.
Provide normal and emergency maintenance and operation support.
Provide fault location.
Investigate questionable relay operations, perform remote event retrieval, and implement corrective actions.
Process clearance request and provide specific protection setup.
Assist technicians, operators for routine maintenance and operation work.
Provide project and routine M&O support to Hydro generation.
Manage digital fault recorders and perform event retrieval.
Conduct FERC generation interconnection studies and third-party load interconnections.
Work with internal engineering, operations, substation construction and maintenance organizations.
Attend meetings representing the group, to meet job duties.