Staff Electrical Engineer

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 3-5 days a week in Chicago

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 $113740 - $150647.2. 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 a Staff Electrical Engineer!

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 Staff Electrical Engineer, 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. Distribution system protection coordination is applied today mostly as it has been applied 20 or 30 years ago. At the same time, demand for increased segmentation, faster operation, automation, and the overall complexity of the system has been growing. We are looking for an agile, creative, and determined individual to envision, develop, test, and promote protection schemes to enhance the reliability and safety of the distribution grid. This position reports to Senior Manager – Protection Systems & Engineering. Apply at https://www.sandc.com/en/careers/

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the engineering customer when developing protection software, providing requirements and guidance to software developers
• Test the software embodiments of protection algorithms to ensure they meet the needs and expectations of the customer, including the use of real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulators
• Build support for developing novel protection solutions by promoting them to stakeholders within S&C and to potential customers of S&C
• Author technical papers and present at technical conferences
• Participate in and contribute to working groups of professional associations such as IEEE PSRC and CIGRE
• 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 degree in electrical engineering, a master’s degree or higher is preferred
• 10 years of relevant industry or academic experience after earning a Bachelor’s degree
• At least 2 years of industry experience planning distribution system protection
• Programming experience (any language)
• Well versed in concepts such as time-current coordination, ground and negative sequence protection, fuse saving and sequence coordination, fuse-recloser coordination
• Proficient in distribution protection software tools such as CYMDIST, CYMTCC, and Synergi Electric
• Experienced in configuring protection relays using the relay’s setup software such as acSELerator QuickSet, IntelliLink Setup Software, DIGSI, or EnerVista
• Familiar with protection relay testing and event analysis
• Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and collaborate with colleagues

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

• Professional engineer license
• Contribution to research and development (R&D) activities
• Product management experience
• Working with communication networks, to include Ethernet, peer-to-peer and mesh radio, cellular, and fiber
• Designing and testing configurable logic using DNP3, IEC 61850, or IEC 60870-5-104 (IEC 104)

Job requirements:

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

No fixed deadline

#LI-KD1