Senior Engineer - Protection & Control

Iberdrola•Rochester, NY

3d•$106,000 - $132,500•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for researching industry best practices to create Protection and Control standards. Responsibilities also include development of new engineering processes and tools, evaluating new P&C technologies, and writes industry white papers. System scope includes transmission, substation, and distribution. Service companies include Central Maine Power, New York State Electric & Gas, Rochester Gas & Electric, and United Illuminating.

Requirements

5 years of experience in Electrical Engineering.
2 years of experience specifically in P&C, substation engineering, substation testing and commissioning, or similar engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Intuitive understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals, including sequential components, per unit, harmonics, transformers, and fault analysis.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens relays.
Experience or knowledge in IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS), networking, real time digital simulators (RTDS), virtualized protection relays, and centralized substation protection.

Responsibilities

Assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.
Conducting engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals.
Proposing solutions to open-ended challenges, working mostly autonomously.
Leading engineering projects and facilitating meetings with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
Authoring engineering standards and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
Participating in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.
Working on special one-off projects such as overhauling arc flash calculation methods, evaluating the feasibility of distribution switching stations, and evaluating new substation designs.
Engineering AVANGRID’s first IEC 61850 Process Bus Substation, evaluating Virtualized Protection Relays, expanding relaying laboratories (including use of an RTDS), conducting studies, updating engineering standards, creating internal engineering training courses, and writing conference papers.