Senior Relay Settings Engineer

Leidos•Framingham, MA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers. Your greatest work is ahead! We are in search of a Senior Relay Settings Engineer to join our diverse and fast-paced organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and four plus years of related experience.
Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
Capable of using Aspen OneLiner and/or Siemen’s CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
Preparation of protective relay coordination studies
Experience with development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others for both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses).
Experience implementing control and protection schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and preparing relay logic to complete the schemes.
Strong written and verbal communication skills required when interfacing with clients and staff.

Nice To Haves

Lead Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and eight plus years of related experience.
Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet, General Electric EnerVista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
Familiarity with PTC Mathcad software.
Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience.

Responsibilities

Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
Create logic diagrams for IEC61850 substations.
Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
Solve challenging substation engineering problems.
Prepare technical reports.
Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control.