458337

Siemens Industry, Inc.

Smart Infrastructure

Engineering

Experienced Professional

Full-time

Permanent

Company: Siemens Industry, Inc.

Location: 7000 Siemens Road, Wendell, North Carolina 27591

Position Title: Sr. Substation Automation and Protection Engineer

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 40 Hours/ Week

Summary of Duties: Design, implement, and maintain protective relay systems and associated equipment for power systems. Prepare Factory & Site Acceptance Test (FAT & SAT) procedures for protection systems projects. Prepare Test Set (Omicron, Doble, etc...) routines for various protection applications. Configure and test relays for protection and controls schemes of substations systems. Collaborate with a team of professionals to develop protection schemes that meet industry standards and customer requirements. Be a technical leader in projects or lead other team members in project activities. 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. 75% Travel within the US and occasionally to our factories in Mexico and Germany.

Qualifications: The position requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, or a related field and Six (6) years of experience in job offered or as a Power Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, or an acceptable alternate occupation. Alternate accepted requirements Master’s in Electrical Engineering, or a related field and Four (4) years’ experience. The position requires experience in power systems protection engineering field (Six (6) years’ experience with a Bachelor’s degree or 4 years’ experience with a Master’s Degree). Position requires experience with the following: 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 Siemens, GE, SEL or ABB relay products and associated software; Applied knowledge of Medium Voltage Protection (eg; Overcurrent / Over-Undervoltage; Transformer Differential ;Motor Protection; High and Low Impedance Busbar Differential; Generator Protection; MV transfer schemes and reverse interlocking schemes); Communication Network Technologies, including Design, Configuration, and troubleshooting of ethernet switches for protection applications such as IEC-61850 GOOSE applications; experience with Siemens protection engineering software such as DIGSI 4 and DIGSI 5, IEC61850 System Configurator, SIGRA, SIPROTEC Tools and the ability to use those to implement protection systems in the US according to customers specifications and standards; Implementation of logics using CFC based on Logic Diagrams or Functional Design Specification; Ability to understand protection settings documentation provided by SCAFF study and implement and test those using Siemens Relays.