Electrical Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Engineer 1/2

Location: Birmingham, AL
Contract
- 3 Years

Client
- Southern Company

We are seeking an entry-level to early-career Electrical Engineer to join our team supporting utility-scale renewable energy integration, specifically solar projects. This role is part of the Protection and Controls group and focuses on performing technical studies and designing protection schemes to support interconnection of customer-owned renewable facilities with utility transmission systems.

• Perform short-circuit and breaker duty studies to support customer facility interconnection to transmission systems
• Analyze and specify protection requirements at company substations and points of interconnection
• Use Siemens Gridscale X (formerly CAPE) and/or ASPEN software to model short-circuit and protection systems
• Create and update protection models based on customer-provided data
• Review protection schemes for compliance with transmission stability and reliability standards
• Communicate technical requirements and study results clearly to interconnection customers and internal teams
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to provide technical expertise
• Support modeling of transmission systems and transformers for capital projects

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field (required)
• Relevant experience in power systems, power delivery, or renewable energy (solar preferred)
• Academic or internship exposure to transmission systems and interconnection studies strongly preferred
• Familiarity with protection and controls concepts and applications in utility environments
• Experience with Siemens Gridscale X (CAPE) or ASPEN software a plus
• Proficiency in SQL or Visual Basic is a bonus
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in technical and cross-functional teams