A Snapshot of Your Day

The Senior Protection & Control (P&C) Commissioning Engineer will serve as the technical authority on-site for protection and control commissioning activities supporting high-voltage substation EPC and turnkey projects. You will develop and execute commissioning strategies, oversee testing of protection relays, control systems, SCADA interfaces, metering systems, and secondary equipment, and ensure systems are safely energized and integrated. Working closely with engineering, construction, project management, OEMs, and client teams, you will lead technical problem-solving, manage commissioning risks, and drive alignment on project milestones. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to lead teams under tight deadlines while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and grid reliability.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Develop and implement detailed commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for protection and control systems within high-voltage substations, supporting readiness for energization and isolation/permit-to-work processes.
• Lead and oversee testing and commissioning of protection relays, control systems, metering equipment, SCADA interfaces, communication systems, and substation control panels.
• Perform and supervise relay testing, end-to-end testing, functional checks, logic verification, point-to-point testing, and control system validation.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide technical direction to commissioning teams while ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and project requirements.
• Coordinate with project managers, OEMs, engineering teams, construction personnel, and client representatives to align commissioning activities with project timelines, budgets, and technical requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable IEC, IEEE, NERC, OSHA, and client-specific standards while maintaining commissioning documentation, including test reports, relay settings verification records, NCRs, RAMS, and as-built documentation.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in protection and control commissioning, with demonstrated experience in high-voltage substations.
• Experience testing and commissioning microprocessor-based protection relays, including SEL, Siemens, GE, ABB/Hitachi Energy, or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, protection schematics, wiring diagrams, relay logic drawings, and test procedures, with familiarity with digital relays, substation automation systems, and transmission and distribution protection schemes.
• Strong understanding of OSHA regulations, environmental compliance, and safety management on high-voltage sites, along with strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

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Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company-paid health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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