Engineer - Protection & Control
- Pay
- $87,600 – $109,500 per year
- Location
- New York
- Listed
- Today
About the role
Location: Rochester, NY; or Binghamton, NY.
Work type: Office (on-site)
The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $87,600 to $109,500.
What We Offer
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance-based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career-advancement pathways
Benefits
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Job Summary
Protection and Control (P&C) engineering is the discipline of designing systems that monitor the power system, detect abnormal conditions, and automatically isolate faults.
The Philosophy and Standards group is responsible for researching industry best practices to create P&C standards. This group also develops new engineering processes and tools. This group evaluates new P&C technologies and writes industry white papers. System scope includes transmission, substation, and distribution. Service companies include Central Maine Power, New York State Electric & Gas, Rochester Gas & Electric, and United Illuminating.
Responsibilities
- General responsibilities include assisting in the development of P&C engineering standards, relay setting file templates, and engineering tools.
- The position conducts engineering analysis, researching industry papers and manuals, participating in engineering discussions, authoring engineering standards, and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
- The engineer may also 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, and evaluating new substation designs.
- Active projects include engineering AVANGRID's first IEC 61850 Process Bus Substation, evaluating Virtualized Protection Relays, conducting research into protection design, updating engineering standards, creating internal engineering training courses, performing tests using an Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS), and writing industry papers.
Education & Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Technology and 4 (four) years of experience in Engineering or 1 (one) year min of experience in Protection & Control and 1 (one) year min of engineering experience.
- Due to the open-ended nature of the department's responsibilities, an intuitive understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals is required. This includes transformer basics, reactive power, power flow, electrical losses, and digital logic.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in electric utilities preferred. Particularly in protection and control or testing and commission of substations.
- A strong understanding of Protection and Control fundamentals is preferred. This includes sequential components, per unit, and fault analysis.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) preferred.
Behavioral Competencies
- Develop self & others
- Empower to grow
- Collaborate and share
- Be a role model
- Focus to achieve results
- Be agile
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Company
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas.
NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee's management.
Job Posting End Date: December-31-2026
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From Iberdrola's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 12, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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