Principal Engineer - Systems Protection, Relay Settings

Qualus is a power solutions firm focused on power infrastructure transformation, grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The Principal Engineer will design, calculate, and coordinate protective relay settings and control schemes, perform power system studies, support generation interconnection projects, present technical solutions to customers, and manage multiple projects in parallel.

Responsibilities:

• Design, specification, setting calculation, and coordination of protective relaying and relay control schemes
• Modeling, short circuit and overstressed breaker studies as well as the protective relaying recommendations for proposed generation interconnections to a client’s electrical system
• Ensures all relay settings activities, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the company’s established policies and objectives, and with client design standards
• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable, articulate manner
• Work collaboratively with the appropriate groups/ individuals in Qualus to develop and implement technical solutions that support the objectives of the Engineering Department
• Support multiple projects in parallel

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a power systems focus
• An MS Degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the BS Engineering degree
• International Engineering Degrees will be considered from an ABET accredited school
• 12+ years of experience in protection and control engineering and relay settings
• Must have demonstrated experience with CAPE and/or ASPEN
• Professional Engineering (PE) registration is required
• Must have strong analytical and computer skills
• Must be able to identify necessary software to complete needed design work
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Possess ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of support personnel
• Strong commitment to customer service and care. Highly motivated "self‐starter"
• Proven multitasking skills. Excellent document management and organizational skills
• Professional Engineering registration in the working state a plus
• CYME familiarity, reclosers/sectionalizing schemes/fuse coordination preferred