Protection and Control Engineer Transmission (Remote)

Jacobs Solutions - Seattle, WA

Full-time

Remote - Seattle, WA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a P&C Engineer - Transmission, you will play a crucial role in supporting and leading projects related to protection and control in transmission and substations. This position involves collaboration with regional and global teams to facilitate business development and proposal support, particularly in the context of renewable energy generation and the evolving energy landscape.

Responsibilities

• Advanced knowledge of various protection relaying functions including line protection, transformer protection, breaker failure, cap bank protection, communication-based schemes, differential protection, etc.
• Perform conceptual planning phase protection and control studies including protection philosophy, basis of design, and fault studies.
• Perform P&C related studies such as protection coordination, PT/CT sizing, TCC curves, relay coordinations etc.
• Familiarity with P&C related standards such as IEEE and NERC.
• Familiarity with ASPEN OneLiner, PSS CAPE, or similar software packages.
• Contribute to the delivery of projects, delivering on time and to budget.
• Work closely with the team members across North America and globally.
• Work with different types of customers including renewable developers, utilities, and ISOs/RTOs.
• Participate in related technical committees such as IEEE or CIGRE.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 7 years of direct experience with protection and control related projects.
• Experience with protection studies software such as ASPEN OneLiner and PSS CAPE.
• Knowledge of applicable industry standards such as IEC, IEEE and CIGRE.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical capabilities with a focus achieving results.
• Team player with great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel within North America.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with other power systems studies software such as PSCAD, PSS/E etc.
• Experience with offshore wind and HVDC.
• Professional Engineer (PE or PEng) License.