Principal Engineer -Protection & Control

Job Title:

Principal Engineer – Protection & Control

Location:

Rochester, NY or Binghamton, NY

Work type:
Office (on-site)

Salary: $128,320 to $160,400

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses 12%
• 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

This 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.

• Assist in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.
• Conduct engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals.
• Make engineering decisions with significant impact to the company.
• Lead engineering projects and facilitate meetings with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
• Provide informal mentorship to junior engineers.
• Develop and instruct P&C training courses.
• Author engineering standards and present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.
• Work on special one-off projects such as overhauling arc flash calculation methods, evaluating feasibility of distribution switching stations, 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 RTDS), conducting studies, updating engineering standards, creating internal engineering training courses, and writing conference papers.

Education & Experience:

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.

• 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, ability 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…