Electrical Grid Protection Engineer

7 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States S&C Full time
About the Job

As an Electrical Grid Protection Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and safety of the distribution grid. You will work with our team to develop novel protection solutions and promote them to stakeholders within S&C and to potential customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Represent the engineering customer when developing protection software, providing requirements and guidance to software developers.
  • Test the software embodiments of protection algorithms to ensure they meet the needs and expectations of the customer, including the use of real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulators.
  • Build support for developing novel protection solutions by promoting them to stakeholders within S&C and to potential customers.
  • Author technical papers and present at technical conferences.
  • Participate in and contribute to working groups of professional associations such as IEEE PSRC and CIGRE.
  • Research future customer needs through literature review, conferences, discussions with colleagues and external customers, and participation in industry activities.
About the Company

S&C Electric Company is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to over 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.

About the Team

In the Engineering department, we are responsible for creatively addressing customers' needs, pioneering industry changes, and understanding each step, from R&D to production. We strive to not only solve the unique challenges our customers face today, but to create breakthrough technologies enabling them to effectively navigate the demands of the grid of tomorrow.



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