Substation Automation Engineer

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Substation Automation Engineer 2 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll join a team at the forefront of grid modernization, where you will support and enhance advanced substation automation, HMI, and control systems that enable a safer, smarter, and more reliable electric grid. This role provides a unique opportunity to work with emerging technologies, digital substation solutions, and real-time operational tools that improve situational awareness, system resilience, wildfire mitigation efforts, and grid reliability.

The work is highly visible, technically challenging, and directly contributes to public safety, operational resilience, and the advancement of California's clean energy future.

As a Substation Automation Engineer 2, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

• Performs inspections and evaluations of existing conditions for various electrical equipment and systems for proper installation, problem identification/ trouble shooting, and overall improvements.
• Ensures system event assessments and RCA are performed for equipment failures and implements corrective actions, confirming proper mitigation plans are in place.
• Prepares thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and design plans related to projects and analysis of increasing scope and complexity.
• Conducts independent engineering work, receiving guidance on the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Performs power system modeling and analyses utilizing software tools and applications; stays informed of technology advancements, market trends, and relevant guidelines and standards related to energy technology.
• Ensures the performance of day-to-day preventive maintenance activities to maintain equipment and ensure continued operation according to required standards including Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) quality and environmental and reliability standards.
• Helps ensure infrastructure’s supporting processes are validated/qualified throughout their life cycle.
• Develops the engineering facility design, including but not limited to electrical system design, such as sizing, creating one-line diagrams, and selecting equipment.
• Assists in the development of new technology and standards strategy and the implementation of strategies into business operations to improve power system functionality and quality of service to customers.
• Acts as project sponsors with some technical assistance when responding to technical questions requiring project modification to move projects through their lifecycle.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
• Two or more years of experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution;
  Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is preferred.
• Current California Professional Engineer (P.E.) license or ability to…