Power System Protection Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesPower System Protection Engineer
About the Role
As a Power System Protection Engineer, you will provide expert technical support and solutions for power system protection schemes. Your role will involve teaching, advising, and supporting customers to ensure the reliability and safety of power grids.
At Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), our mission is to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. Our company prides itself on embracing the values of quality, reliability, integrity, and excellent customer service. We were named as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials and among the top Best Workplaces for Baby Boomers.
Working at SEL means having the opportunity to explore different career options – from customer service, sales, technical support, to management. We encourage professional development because when you are your best, that is when we are our best.
Typical Responsibilities
- Work with customers to apply new technologies or solutions to their power systems
- Design models and/or demonstrations of new technologies or solutions to teach customers how we can enhance their system(s)
- Support SEL products and solution troubleshooting to get to root cause of a problem
- Analyze responses of protective relays to power system faults
- Teach customers how to use SEL products or how protective relays protect primary electrical equipment
- Contribute to and review white papers, application guides, industry journals, and technical papers
Is This Role for You?
This role might be for you if you:
- Desire to learn how the power system responds to system faults and how protective relays detect that
- Desire to be involved in the cutting-edge technology of protective relaying
- Have a passion for teaching others for their growth and for yours
- Enjoy applying creativity to your engineering solutions every day
- Enjoy every day being different versus everyday being predictable
Required Qualifications and Abilities
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field (a master's degree is preferred)
- 3+ years of experience with power system protection and relays
- Relevant work experience and knowledge of utility and/or industrial power systems with an emphasis on protection, control, and operations
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies
- The ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- The ability to travel 25% of the time
Location
We are open to this position being located in Hawthorn Woods, IL or Plymouth, MI.
Compensation and Benefits
Pay Range: $82,000 - $193,900 per year. We base our starting pay offer on job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.
Retirement Benefits:
- Employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP)
- Personal 401(k) options
Insurance:
- Top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Time Off:
- 10 paid holidays
- Annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days
- 9 paid sick days
- Paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay
Professional Development:
- STEM courses
- Apprenticeships
- Tuition assistance
- Engineering development programs
Additional Benefits:
- Wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits
About SEL
We're 100% employee owned. SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee-owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide.
Application
We communicate with all applicants. If you do not receive a response about your application, please check your SPAM filter or reach out to us at careers@selinc.com.
SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.
About Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) designs, manufactures, and supports digital products and systems that protect, automate, and control critical power infrastructure worldwide. The company develops protective relays, automation controllers, meters, and communication equipment for electric power systems.
Interested in this role?
Apply now to join Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.