Senior Engineer - Protection & Control

United States Of America, NY

Full Time

Posted September 25, 2026

$106k - $133k

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Freshness: Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 5, 2026
Classification: Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Grid Infrastructure
Pay provenance: Employer-provided pay

Location: Rochester, NY OR Binghamton, NY

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.
As a senior engineer, this position grants autonomy to propose solutions to open-ended challenges but requires the engineer to work mostly autonomously.
The senior engineer is expected to lead engineering projects and facilitate meeting with other P&C engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
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.

5 years of experience in Electrical Engineering. 2 years of experience specifically in P&C, substation engineering, substation testing and commissioning, or similar engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Due to the open-ended nature of the department’s responsibilities, an intuitive 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 preferred.
Experience with SEL, GE, and Siemens relays.
Experience or knowledge in the following areas is preferred: IEC 61850 (GOOSE Data Models, Sampled Values, MMS), networking, real time digital simulators (RTDS), virtualized protection relays, and centralized substation protection.
Growth & Continuous Improvement
Initiative & Change
Focused on Results
Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
Communication
Collaboration
Leadership (people managers/leaders)
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