Job Title: Principal Engineer - Protection & ControlLocation: Rochester, NY or Binghamton, NY
Work type: Office (on-site)
The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from
$128,320 to
$160,400.Job SummaryThis 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 writing 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.
Responsibilities:- General responsibilities include assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.
- Conducts engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals.
- Make engineering decisions with significant impact to the company.
- The principal engineer is expected to lead engineering projects and facilitate meeting with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
- The principal engineer is expected to provide informal mentorship to junior engineers. The principal engineer is expected to develop and instruct P&C training courses.
- Authoring engineering standards and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Participate in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.
- Engineers in the Philosophy and Standards group often are requested to work on special one-off projects. Past examples include overhauling arc flash calculation methods, evaluating the feasibility of distribution switching stations, and evaluating new substation designs.
- Active projects include 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.
Required Qualifications:Education & Experience Required:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 10+ years' relevant experience required; Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Due to the open-ended nature of the department's responsibilities, an intuitive understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals is required. This includes sequential components, per unit, harmonics, transformers, and fault analysis.
- Expert knowledge of all aspects of engineering & design, national and international standards, and compliance requirements associated with power system protection
Technical Skills/Competencies:- Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
- Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
- Engineering documentation - Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
- bility to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment - Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
- Professional engineering license preferred
- Expert knowledge of all aspects of engineering & design, national and international standards, and compliance requirements associated with power system protection
Preferred Qualifications:- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred.
- Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens protection relays.
- Experience or knowledge in the following areas is preferred: IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS, PTP), networking, real time digital simulators (RTDS), virtualized protection relays, and centralized substation protection.
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Company:NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP
Mobility InformationPlease note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
Job Posting End Date:December-31-2026
