Sr Power Systems Automation Engineer

Siemens is a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. They are seeking a Power System Automation Engineer to design, configure, and test protective relay systems for power systems and substations, ensuring high reliability and integrity of protection and control schemes.

Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, and test protective relay systems for power systems and substations, ensuring high reliability and integrity of protection and control schemes for medium and high voltage substations systems
• Develop and implement protection and control schemes that align with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer-specific needs
• Design and/or support elaboration of Control Logic Diagrams, Signal Lists, Functional Design Specifications documents during design phase of the project
• Prepare and execute Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), and set up testing environments for customer projects
• Prepare and execute (SAT) and commissioning scripts for customer projects
• Be one of our primary customer interfaces, including trouble shooting and commissioning support
• Provide technical support throughout the project lifecycle, including design, implementation, and commissioning phases

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in electrical/electronics/computer science engineering
• At least 5 years of engineering experience in power automation for electrical substations
• Ability to read and fully understand DC and AC schematics, three and one-line diagrams for Medium and/or High Voltage substations systems
• Knowledge of at least one of the relay products Siemens, GE, SEL, ABB, and others relay/automation products and associated software
• Communication Network Technologies, including Design and hardware configuration
• Experience with at least one of the most common communication protocols such as IEC61850, DNP, Modbus, IEC103, IEC101, IEC104, Profinet, Profibus
• Factory and Site testing experience in automation and control systems
• Ability to travel 50-75% is expected depending on project assignments and requirements
• Communication Network Technologies, including Design, Configuration, and troubleshooting of layer 2 and layer 3 capable devices for protection and automation applications with Ruggedcom and Scalance products
• Knowledge in Siemens Power Automation products such as SICAM PAS, SICAM RTU, SICAM SCC
• Experience with Power Automation engineering tools such as SICAM Device Manager
• Programming skills and experience with at least one of the most common programming languages used in process and power automation such as C++, ST, LD, FBD