Distribution Automation Hardware, Engineer

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Distribution Automation Hardware Engineer 3 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role you will lead the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of advanced automation hardware solutions throughout SCE’s territory, including devices involved with protection, switching, voltage‑var support, grid monitoring/communication, and remote/micro grid. You will oversee projects from pilot through full‑scale implementation, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and vendors to ensure technical excellence, operational readiness, and safety compliance.

Serve as a subject‑matter expert in automation hardware, driving innovation through root cause analysis, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring of engineering peers.

As a Distribution Automation Hardware Engineer 3, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to help us build the future?

• Ensure technical issues and problems are resolved in a timely, efficient, and cost‑effective manner utilizing available resources.
• Supervise, lead, and coordinate work with full‑time and contract employees in the execution of new technical strategies, equipment or standards.
• Conduct life cycle assessments for utility infrastructure materials and processes; improve preventive maintenance procedures to decrease overall downtime.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure the safety and reliability of engineering projects.
• Support audits and inspections; ensure compliance with relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Provide engineering and technical expertise and guidance for the identification, analysis, and resolution of high‑impact, complex, and/or cross‑functional problems in engineering.
• Ensure the engineering facility design basis is controlled and design basis documentation is maintained. Conduct engineering and related studies with full technical responsibility for planning and coordinating high‑impact complex projects.
• Provide support and technical training to junior engineering levels.
• 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 a scientific/technical/math field.
• Five or more years of experience in engineering within operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver’s License.

• California EIT certificate or Professional Engineer license.
• Advanced experience leading complex, high‑impact engineering projects requiring independent judgment.
• Strong knowledge of power system transmission and/or distribution engineering, including distribution equipment, system design, operations, and analysis using tools such as ADMS, OMS, DMS/SCADA, EMS, CYME, or equivalent.
• Proven ability to act as a technical authority, providing expert recommendations and influencing decisions with significant business or operational impact.
• Experience with modeling, simulation, and validation tools.
• Advanced proficiency in analytical tools to automate workflows and support engineering decision‑making.
• Demonstrated leadership in project management, including use of formal project management methods and tools for scope definition, scheduling, risk management, budget control, milestone tracking, and issue resolution.
• Experience establishing project objectives, timelines, deliverables and risk mitigation plans, and driving execution across cross‑functional teams.
• Strong working knowledge of engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws and codes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading…