Senior Relay Settings Engineer

Company Overview

Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation helps utilities solve complex challenges through full life‑cycle, performance‑based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs.

Senior Relay Settings Engineer

• Fully remote available.
• Hybrid:
  Two to four days a week in the Framingham, MA office.
• Must be willing to travel to customer sites and in‑office/testing lab as needed.

• Professional Engineer License (PE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Technical & non‑technical training opportunities
• Mentorship Program

• Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Create logic diagrams for IEC
  61850 substations.
• Work directly with clients and other staff in remote office locations.
• Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV, including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems.

• Senior Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and four plus years of related experience.
• Lead Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and eight plus years of related experience.
• Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
• Capable of using Aspen One Liner and/or Siemens CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
• Preparation of protective relay coordination studies.
• Experience with microprocessor relays (SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB, etc.) for transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance, Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers, Buses).
• Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator Quick Set, GE Ener Vista, and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills with high attention to detail and passion for quality.
• Experience implementing control and protection schemes, interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams, and preparing relay logic.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills when interfacing with clients and staff.

• Experience preparing technical reports.
• Familiarity with PTC Mathcad software.
• Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience.
• Periodic travel may be required.

Pay Range: $87,100.00 – $

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement options.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.