Senior Electrical Engineer — Medium Voltage Switchgear

Senior Electrical Engineer — Medium Voltage Switchgear

Bring your switch gear expertise to a growing engineering team—and help shape how it operates.

Power Careers LLC is recruiting a Senior Electrical Engineer for a capital-backed manufacturer of custom power-distribution equipment serving data centers, utilities, and industrial customers.

If your background includes medium-voltage switch gear, UL 891 switchboards, or UL 1558 low-voltage switch gear, this opportunity offers a chance to apply that experience to complex customer projects while helping develop a growing medium-voltage engineering team.

The opportunity

You will apply established switch gear platforms to customer-specific requirements, translating specifications into coordinated equipment configurations and accurate documentation for manufacturing.

The technical environment includes metal-clad and metal-enclosed MV switch gear, draw-out vacuum circuit breakers, CTs/PTs, protective relaying, breaker control circuits, and bus systems.

The immediate focus is engineered-to-order equipment, with opportunities to strengthen design practices, organize established product capabilities and type-test information, and mentor developing engineers.

What you’ll contribute

• Review customer specifications, single-line diagrams, and project requirements to develop order-specific switch gear configurations.
• Prepare or review electrical schematics, three-line diagrams, wiring diagrams, component selections, and bills of material.
• Coordinate breaker controls, CT/PT interfaces, protective relaying, interlocks, and auxiliary circuits with mechanical engineering and project teams.
• Evaluate equipment configurations against applicable ANSI/IEEE C37 standards, listing scope, and available type-test information.
• Help ensure customer modifications remain within established product design and certification boundaries.
• Support manufacturing and testing teams with technical clarifications and resolution of order-specific issues.
• Strengthen peer reviews, documentation quality, and controlled engineering releases.
• Help organize reusable technical information and mentor less experienced engineers.

What makes you a strong candidate

• Substantial hands‑on experience engineering switch gear, switchboards, or closely related power-distribution equipment.
• Experience translating customer requirements into equipment drawings, configurations, and manufacturing deliverables.
• Practical understanding of breaker control wiring, CTs/PTs, protection interfaces, electrical interlocks, and component integration.
• Familiarity with relevant equipment standards, which may include:
• ANSI/IEEE C37.20.2:
  Metal-clad medium-voltage switch gear.
• ANSI/IEEE C37.20.3:
  Metal-enclosed interrupter switch gear.
• UL 891:
  Dead-front switchboards.
• UL 1558:
  Metal-enclosed low-voltage power circuit breaker switch gear.
• Understanding of equipment voltage and current ratings, interrupting and withstand ratings, grounding, and electrical clearances.
• Proficiency with relevant electrical CAD and engineering documentation tools.
• Sound technical judgment, clear communication, and an interest in helping a team develop.

Medium-voltage experience is preferred. Strong engineers with UL 891 and/or UL 1558 equipment experience who want to expand into MV are also encouraged to apply. Experience across every standard listed is not required. Electrical engineering education or a comparable technical background is valuable.

The primary focus is customer-order engineering and equipment execution. Candidates should enjoy practical design decisions, manufacturing collaboration, and improving processes while delivering current projects.

Why consider this role?

• Technical influence:
  Help shape engineering practices and standards as the team develops.
• Growth potential:
  Opportunities to earn broader technical, lead, or management responsibilities.
• Business investment:
  Join a manufacturer expanding its engineering capabilities and planning additional production capacity.
• Hybrid flexibility: A combination of office collaboration, time on site as required, and working from home. The specific schedule will be agreed with engineering leadership.
• Negotiable compensation:
  Salary packages are completely negotiable based on years of experience, technical expertise, and agreed responsibilities.
• Benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) with employer match, paid time off, and paid holidays. Eligibility and current plan details will be discussed during the interview process.