Lead Relay Settings Engineer

• Lead a client relay settings program: work intake, hour estimates, engineer assignments, schedule tracking, and the client’s recurring coordination calls.
• Serve as the client’s day-to-day technical contact and the first point of technical escalation for the settings team.
• Develop and review protective relay settings from 4.16 kV through 500 kV — set points, logic, configuration files, and documentation — for line, transformer, bus, breaker failure, capacitor, and generator/IBR applications.
• Perform final quality review on settings packages before client submittal and lead design-review and challenge meetings on medium and large projects.
• Maintain the client’s settings standards, philosophies, calculation templates, and short-circuit model; own the settings change-management and as-left reconciliation process.
• Assemble NERC PRC-019 / 023 / 024 / 025 / 026 / 027 compliance evidence across the program.
• Resolve client-side technical issues directly with relay manufacturers and field personnel to keep projects on schedule.
• Onboard, mentor, and train new and developing engineers on client standards and settings practice.
• Support full project lifecycle activities including construction, commissioning, and event analysis.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET-accredited institution.
• Minimum of thirteen (13) years of relevant experience in power system protection and relay settings development, including experience leading settings work for a major investor-owned utility.
• Demonstrated ownership of a multi-project client program, including schedule and package quality, not just individual deliverables.
• Proficiency in ASPEN OneLiner and/or Siemens CAPE for coordination and fault studies.
• Ability to develop and review settings for SEL, GE Vernova, Hitachi Energy (ABB), and Siemens relays.
• Deep understanding of transmission line protection schemes (line differential, step distance, pilot) and substation protection schemes (transformer, bus, breaker failure, capacitor).
• Experience preparing and reviewing high-quality technical reports and settings packages.
• Experience mentoring and technically reviewing the work of other engineers.
• Strong client-facing communication skills and the ability to work with staff in remote office locations.
• Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites, offices, or testing labs on an occasional basis.

Favorable if you have

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a power systems emphasis.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with Duke Energy protection standards and settings philosophies.
• NERC PRC compliance experience.
• Familiarity with SEL AcSELerator QuickSet / Grid Configurator, GE Vernova EnerVista, and Hitachi PCM600.
• Python or VBA automation of settings workflows.
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