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About the Role
The High Voltage Engineering team provides pre-construction, construction, and commissioning engineering support for high-voltage facilities associated with renewable energy power plants. We are seeking a dynamic, collaborative, and technically strong Senior Protection and Control Engineer to support high-voltage substation projects. This role will lead protection and control activities from design development through execution, commissioning, and post-energization support for greenfield and brownfield substations.
Responsibilities
- Lead protection and control engineering activities for AES Clean Energy high-voltage substations supporting solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects, with voltage levels ranging from 35 kV to 500 kV.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, including design development, engineering review, construction support, commissioning, energization, and post-energization support.
- Review protection and control drawings, protection philosophies, relay settings, short-circuit studies, coordination studies, grounding studies, EMT studies, and related technical reports.
- Evaluate short-circuit study results for generation interconnections and provide actionable feedback to EPC partners to support protection design and coordination.
- Apply strong knowledge of protection coordination, time-current characteristics, SEL protection and automation products, and engineering tools such as SEL software, ETAP, and PowerFactory.
- Support technical review and interpretation of equipment testing for high- and medium-voltage circuit breakers, main power transformers, instrument transformers, surge arresters, and grounding systems.
- Coordinate NERC PRC compliance activities across multiple projects and work with EPCs, utilities, and internal stakeholders to support applicable standards and reporting requirements.
- Lead efforts to standardize protection and control practices, philosophies, templates, and lessons learned across projects and applications.
- Support root-cause analysis for site events during commissioning, energization, or operations, and incorporate lessons learned into protection and control standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, execution, operations and maintenance, and asset management, to improve project outcomes and support long-term operational value.
- Stay current with evolving protection technologies, OEM guidance, utility requirements, and applicable industry standards, including NERC PRC standards and IEEE guidelines.
- Mentor associate engineers and peer engineers, support technical knowledge sharing, and contribute to leadership development within the engineering organization.
- Travel to project sites, vendor facilities, and commissioning locations as needed; anticipated travel and field work is approximately 25%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in power systems.
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in protection and control engineering for high-voltage substations or renewable generation facilities.
- Experience with SEL protection and automation products is required.
- Strong understanding of power system fundamentals, protection principles, relay coordination, and substation control schemes.
- Experience reviewing or supporting high-voltage equipment testing procedures, test results, and commissioning documentation.
- Familiarity with communication standards and protocols such as IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, and related substation automation applications.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical single-line diagrams, DC schematics, protection and control drawings, and substation equipment wiring diagrams.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to lead technical discussions with EPCs, utilities, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities across multiple projects and tasks.
- Ability to support project engineering activities during substation design, construction, commissioning, and energization.
Skills
- Protection and control engineering
- High-voltage substations
- Renewable energy power plants
- Solar
- Wind
- Battery energy storage
- SEL protection and automation products
- SEL software
- ETAP
- PowerFactory
- NERC PRC compliance
- IEC 61850
- DNP3
- Modbus
- Substation automation
Location
- US
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related power systems discipline (Desired)
Salary/Compensations
- $113,000 - $141,525/year
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- 401(k) eligibility
- Paid time off (including vacation, sick leave time, and parental leave)
About the Company
- The AES Corporation is the largest US-based global power company with a team of 8,300 employees across 12 countries.
- AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years.
- AES provides electricity for millions of people worldwide.
- AES fosters a strong workplace culture, earning prominent positions in Great Place to Work™ rankings.
- AES was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year in 2026.
- AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century.
Equal Opportunity
- AES is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to building strength and delivering long-term sustainability through diversity and inclusion. Respecting all backgrounds, differences and perspectives enables us to improve the lives of our people, customers, suppliers, contractors, and the communities in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
- E-Verify Notice: AES will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.