Senior Substation Protection and Control Engineer

At Leidos is seeking a Senior Substation Protection and Control Engineer to join our team in Pune, India. We’re looking for someone who is dedicated to ensuring that every project, no matter how simple or complex, is of exceptional quality. At Leidos, we challenge you with interesting assignments that provide you with an opportunity to thrive, professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business.

As a Senior Substation Protection and Controls Engineer, you will be involved in:

•  QA/QC of substation deliverables such as single line diagrams, relay and metering one diagrams, three-line diagrams, protection schemes for line, breaker, buss diff, transformer, networking diagrams, RTU/Annunciator drawings, panel front views.

• QA/QC of detailed wiring drawings for panel-to-panel wiring and Panel to yard wiring.

• Ability to develop the bill of materials, revise/develop cable schedule and create drawing lists as needed.

• Perform advanced engineering studies and calculations such as voltage drop, conduit fill, AC, DC load sizing calculations.

• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with the internal teams and clients to meet project objectives

What Sets You Apart (Background Requirements):

• 4+ years of prior relevant experience with US utility.

• Bachelor of Science Engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil or Industrial). Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Direct US Substation protection and control design experience with National grid NE, NY and or PPL/RIE is highly preferred.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.

• Basic understanding of Substation physical drawings such as control house layout, cable tray layout drawings, conduit plans, sections views to be able to be able to corelate physical design with the P&C design part.

• Advanced knowledge of protection principles such as transformer diff, bus diff, Line relay protection using communication assisted scheme, basic understanding of sequence currents, Breaker failure, 3V0 schemes and CAP bank protection is preferred.

• Basic knowledge of networking such as Modbus, DNP3 and how RTU talks to switches, and or SCADA is preferred.

• Basic knowledge of substation communication - physical layer such as CAT5, CAT6, serial cables, Fiber cables, coax cables is preferred.

• Basic understanding of Substation telecom.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in related field

• Advanced knowledge of Substation – Protection and Control design.

• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical /MicroStation software.

• Experience with Bluebeam.

At Leidos, we pride ourselves on being a trusted and technology-focused solutions provider. Our Power Delivery Services Team is the go-to for utilities and mobile operators who need reliable power and telecommunication expertise. We've worked with over 50 investor-owned utilities, over 160 municipals/cooperatives, and we're continuing to expand our reach. Plus, we've got an amazing group of industry-leading construction partners who help us deliver meaningful Energy Delivery Solutions. Our recognition as an industry leader has been confirmed time and time again. Engineering News-Record (ENR) has ranked Leidos among the Top 10 T&D Firms and Top 10 Power Firms.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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