Electrical Engineer 3 - Power Systems

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively. 

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner

Hours 

• 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) Hybrid 

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $103,510 - $137,121.6. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as an Electrical Engineer III (Power Systems)!

Are you passionate about System Design and Innovation? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Technology Breakthrough and Innovation team. As a Electrical Engineer III (Power Systems), you’ll be crucial in ensuring continued innovation and supporting our diverse team.

The Technology & Breakthrough Innovation department drives the creation of new opportunities for S&C Electric by exploiting new technologies and enabling breakthrough product development for the fast-evolving intelligent grid. Technically sophisticated on the inside, S&C’s future systems must deliver unparalleled user experience, outstanding long-term value, and profitable revenue streams.  Switching and protection actions at the distribution network has traditionally been in response to SCADA commands or to local measurements.  The distribution network, however, is evolving.  Increased demand for reliability.  Less tolerance to power quality issues.  Bidirectional flow of power with reduced fault current as penetration of distributed inverted-based generation increases.  Concern from electricity-caused wildfires.  The need to serve larger load with limited existing assets.  All these require making quick autonomous decisions at the grid edge in response to information collected not just locally but also from neighboring devices.  We are looking for an agile, creative and determined individual to envision, develop, test and promote novel protection and control schemes to meet these needs.  This position reports to the Senior Manager-Protection Systems & Engineering.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop power system logic and algorithms that include gathering requirements, setting performance target, brainstorming solutions and implementing functioning prototypes.  
• Represent the engineering customer when developing solutions, providing requirements and guidance to software developers.  
• Test the software embodiments of protection and control schemes to ensure they meet the needs and expectations of the customer, including the use of real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulators. 
• Contribute to planning tools so customers can better place and configure S&C products
• Build support for novel product solutions by promoting them to stakeholders within S&C and to potential customers of S&C. 
• Author technical papers and present at technical conferences.  
• Research future customer needs through literature review, conferences, discussions with colleagues and external customers and participation in industry activities. 

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (Master's or PhD is highly preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years of industry experience in an R&D setting contributing to cyber-physical systems-computer systems that make decisions based on measurements of their physical environment and take actions to influence it. 
• Proficient in at least one programming language such as MATLAB, Python or C++
• Success in influencing others other than direct reports
• Experience in executing power system studies, including power flow, short circuit studies and dynamic simulation. 
• Proven ability to work independently, take initiative and collaborate with colleagues. 

Any of the following will be viewed favorably, but is not a requirement:

• Designing, executing and analyzing real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulations.
• Knowledge of overcurrent protection and coordination and symmetrical components. 
• Using or implementing graph-theory and optimization algorithm.
• Good understanding of communication protocols utilized in the power system such as DNP3, IEC 61850 or IEC 60870-5-104 (IEC 104)
• Developing and testing configurable logic. 

Job requirements:

• The job requires working in the Chicago office in person between 3 to 5 days a week
• 10% travel domestically and internationally

Major Physical Demands:

• Standing: Occasionally required to sit in a stationary position for hours at a time throughout the work day
• Walking: Frequently walking throughout the facility
• Carrying: Occasional carrying of light objects
• Pushing: Infrequent pushing of objects
• Observation/Eyesight: Frequently required to observe details at close range including depth perception, peripheral vision and the ability to differentiate between colors 
• Environment:  Standard office 

Ready to make an impact and become an employee-owner? Apply now to join our inclusive and innovative team! Explore open positions.

S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at [email protected]. 

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Pay Range: $106073 - $140,549