Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a Lead Power Engineer in Charlotte, NC, to design and develop advanced power system protection and automation equipment.
Since our incorporation in 1982, SEL has continued to grow and expand our products and services to help our customers solve their power system problems. With this continued growth, SEL has continued to invest in Research and Development, which has led to the opening of this new and exciting employment opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Establish relationships with customers, sales representatives, field support, Marketing, and other groups within Research and Development to learn key value drivers for target customers.
- Design and develop microprocessor relay protection algorithms to support the value drivers.
- Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the assigned apparatus and related protection, monitoring and control issues.
- Gather and maintain data on competing products.
- Provide technical and market analysis to evaluate proposed products or enhancements.
- Develop and analyze product specifications.
- Develop, execute, and review functional tests.
- Write and maintain application literature, instruction manuals, and data sheets.
- Provide technical support to field engineers and customers.
- Mentor other engineers and technicians.
- Participate in power system industry technical associations.
- Write and present papers at technical conferences.
- Follow and improve R&D processes.
- Lead the development of project plans, schedules, and cost estimates.
- Assist in the development of product development road maps.
Qualifications:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
- Six or more years experience with electric power systems at an electrical utility, industrial plant, or engineering firm
- Experience as a lead engineer, project engineer, or technical project manager for multi-discipline engineering projects exceeding 1000 labor hours
- Demonstrated ability to establish project scope and plans based on established road maps and emerging issues
- Demonstrated ability to direct the activities of a small team of engineers, technicians, and administrative staff in accordance with approved project scope and company processes
- Strong understanding of symmetrical components, power systems analysis, and electrical systems protection
- Excellent technical training, speaking, and writing skills
- Demonstrated ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
- Background check results satisfactory to SEL
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with SEL products
- Experience with electrical system protection practices
- Product development experience
- MBA or PMP Certification
To Apply for This Position:
We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/applynow. If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately.
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SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
An Award Winning Company
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets.
In 2012, SEL earned a spot on the FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA), and the Washington Secretary of State Corporations for Communities Award (2010). Puget Sound Business Journal has also ranked SEL as one of Washington State’s Top 100 Largest Private Companies every year since 2007.
In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in all performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, maintenance cost, relay setting PC software, and price. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification from Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Less than 2,000 companies in the U.S. earn the VPP STAR status for outstanding safety and health programs.
Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.
Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.
Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to become a leader in the power industry, employing over 3,700 people world-wide. Dr. Schweitzer understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions.
Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide.
Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company’s growth.
In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees through our Employee Stock Ownership Program. Its purpose is to involve employees in the company’s long-term success and to encourage employees’ motivation, creativity, and productivity. Once employees become eligible, SEL will contribute a certain percentage of employees’ salaries, above their normal compensation, to accrue company stock with pre-tax dollars in their account.
Employee Testimonial Video: SEL employees describe the opportunity and rewards of a career working at a 100% employee owned company! Learn more about SEL on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMyhbe7Hklo
Benefits: SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2350 NE Hopkins Court
Pullman Washington
United States 99163
