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Leidos

Lead Substation Protection and Controls Engineer

Leidos

Lead Substation Protection and Control Engineer at Leidos mentoring teams and managing high voltage substation design projects. Contributing to financial management and external client collaboration.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeAllentown • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $107,900 - $195,050 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Act as a key contributor to the development substation protection and control design projects
  • Lead, mentor and grow a diverse team of engineers, designers, and drafters
  • Take complete ownership of each project, to include management of financials, resources, and design
  • Liaison, lead, coordinate, and collaborate with external clients
  • Continually improve and maximize quality
  • Effectively and professionally communicate with our clients
  • Contribute to the definition of design scope, philosophies, design methodologies

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other related degree
  • Eight (8+) plus years of direct experience in substation Protection and control design
  • Ability to lead substation design projects by aligning engineering execution with program management
  • Registered Professional Engineer (P.E) license (it would be nice if you had)
  • Master’s degree in related field (it would be nice if you had)
  • Experience leading a project team (it would be nice if you had)
  • Some experience in substation physical design (it would be nice if you had)
  • Field testing/commissioning experience (it would be nice if you had)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement
  • Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools
substation protection designsubstation control designproject managementfinancial managementdesign methodologiesfield testingcommissioning
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationteam managementquality improvement
Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer (P.E)Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s degree in related field