Senior Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Location: Remote within the United States; occasional travel of 10% or less may be required.

Company

hirify.global provides consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex power engineering, grid modeling, renewable energy, and grid modernization challenges.

What you will do

• Lead medium- and high-voltage substation design packages from conceptual design through 30%, 60%, 90%, and IFC milestones.
• Develop and review physical layouts, clearances, bus systems, grounding, lightning protection, raceways, lighting, and bills of material for substations from 34.5 kV through 345 kV and higher.
• Develop and check one-line and three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, relay and control panel layouts, cable schedules, and protection schemes.
• Lead greenfield projects and brownfield expansions, including field verification, integration into energized substations, outage planning, cutover, and construction sequencing.
• Coordinate with utilities, transmission owners, EPC contractors, clients, and civil/structural, transmission line, studies, and SCADA/communications teams.
• Review vendor and third-party designs, support proposals and estimating, mentor engineers and designers, perform QA/QC, respond to RFIs, and support construction and commissioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least six years of high-voltage and medium-voltage substation design experience with a utility, consulting firm, or EPC.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Experience delivering complete physical and protection-and-control substation design packages from conceptual design through IFC at 34.5 kV to 345 kV or higher.
• Experience with both greenfield substations and brownfield modifications to existing energized facilities.
• Working knowledge of NESC, NFPA, IEEE, utility and transmission-owner design standards, and NERC requirements applicable to substation design.
• Understanding of protection philosophy, protective relays such as SEL, GE, or Siemens, substation communications, SCADA/RTU, and revenue metering.
• Experience with AutoCAD and grounding analysis software such as CDEGS, WinIGS, or similar.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States with occasional travel of 10% or less.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% premium coverage for the employee.
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
• MyShare Employee Ownership Program and 401(k) with up to a 4% match, fully vested from day one.
• Opportunity to work with industry leaders on renewable energy and resilient-grid projects.

Hiring process

• Applications from unsolicited third-party recruiters are not accepted and are not eligible for placement fee payment without a prior signed agreement.