Principal Electrical Engineer - Protection & Controls Engineer

NetSuite, part of Oracle, is a leading company in AI and cloud solutions. They are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to own the protection and controls technical baseline for large-scale data centers, ensuring consistent implementation across projects and leading protection-related event response.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain protection and controls standards
• Define the protection and controls philosophy, including scheme selection, coordination principles, operating assumptions, and expected system behavior under normal and abnormal conditions
• Review protection design packages, including single line diagrams, relaying and metering diagrams, schematics, logic, and commissioning and test procedures performed by developers, EPCs, OEMs, and consultants, and drive closure on technical gaps and open items
• Develop, validate, and maintain relay settings, protection logic, and protection documentation across protection zones and operating modes
• Experience supporting post-event analysis using oscillography, SER, and disturbance records, and translating findings into durable corrective actions
• Lead protection-related troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions; assess existing facilities and recommend upgrades and replacements
• Partner with operations and design engineering teams to improve reliability outcomes, standard adoption, and consistency across the portfolio

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 10–15 years of protection and controls engineering experience across substations, HV/MV Systems, and large campus electrical systems
• Demonstrated experience protecting on-site generation (rotating and inverter-based) and supporting microgrid operating modes, including grid-connected and islanded operation and transitions
• Experience developing and reviewing relay settings, protection logic, and commissioning test plans
• Familiarity with IEEE standards and utility interconnection practices; NERC exposure as applicable to site context
• 16 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field AND 12 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development or related field OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field AND 10 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development or related field OR Doctorate in Thermal or Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 8 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development or related field
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Demonstrated experience successfully leading cross-functional teams in project or product delivery
• Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and regions to achieve shared business goals
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring on complex projects
• Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights
• Product Development: Demonstrated experience managing product design, manufacturing, and user feedback from concept to launch
• Mechanical Design: Demonstrated proficiency in designing mechanical components and assemblies considering performance and manufacturability
• Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability to plan and carry out quality assurance activities for high-standard deliverables
• Thermal Management: Demonstrated ability to design and implement effective thermal management solutions for hardware systems
• Component Selection and Qualification: Demonstrated experience selecting and qualifying components to meet engineering and quality standards
• Power Systems Design: Demonstrated ability to design robust power systems for reliability and efficiency in technology environments
• Electronics Simulation and Modeling: Demonstrated skill in using simulation tools for electronic systems analysis and optimization
• Analog Circuit Design: Demonstrated expertise in designing, simulating, and troubleshooting complex analog circuits and power delivery systems
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Experience with IEC 61850, relay messaging, time synchronization, and integration through RTAC/SCADA
• 17 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Thermal or Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field AND 13 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development, or related field OR Master's Degree in Thermal or Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field AND 11 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development, or related field OR Doctorate in Thermal or Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field AND 9 years of experience in infrastructure design/development, engineering, product development, or related field
• 3 years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports
• Professional Engineer certification