Principal Engineer - Protection & Control

Orange, CT

Full Time

Posted October 7, 2026

$141k - $176k

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Freshness: Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 8, 2026
Classification: Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Grid Infrastructure
Pay provenance: Employer-provided pay

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $ 141,120-176,400

General responsibilities include assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.
Conducts engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals.
Make engineering decisions with significant impact to the company.
The principal engineer is expected to lead engineering projects and facilitate meeting with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
The principal engineer is expected to provide informal mentorship to junior engineers. The principal engineer is expected to develop and instruct P&C training courses.
Authoring engineering standards and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
Participate in the evaluation of new vendors and technologies.
Engineers in the Philosophy and Standards group often are requested to work on special one-off projects. Past examples include overhauling arc flash calculation methods, evaluating the feasibility of distribution switching stations, evaluating new substation designs.
Active projects include engineering AVANGRID’s first IEC 61850 Process Bus Substation, evaluating Virtualized Protection Relays, expanding relaying laboratories (including use of an RTDS), conducting studies, updating engineering standards, creating internal engineering training courses, and writing conference papers.

10 years of experience in Protection & Control.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Understanding of P&C regulation such as FERC, NERC, NPCC.
A broad range of P&C knowledge/experience including wiring design, instrument transformers specifications, coordination studies, digital logic, protection settings, automation, teleprotection.
A strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals is required. This includes sequential components, per unit, harmonics, transformers, and fault analysis.
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred.
Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens protection relays.
Experience or knowledge in the following areas is preferred: IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS, PTP), networking, real time digital simulators (RTDS), virtualized protection relays, and centralized substation protection.
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