Principal Engineer – Protection and Control

Qualus

Senior Protection & Control Engineer in Substation Protection and Control department at Qualus. Team member with 7+ years' experience in major utility substations, focusing on design and engineering packages.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Coordinate with Substation Physical Engineering, Relay Settings, and other groups to ensure design concurrence
Development of complete engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications systems
Development of SCADA packages, including input / output list
Provides technical direction and on-the-job training to drafters, engineering technicians, and less experienced engineers
Developing, nurturing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior level engineers, managers, and executives with current or prospective clients
Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers
Direct and/or participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data
Perform/Ensure company’s Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes are followed on all design packages
Delegating, planning, prioritizing and reviewing the work of other engineers will be critical

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a power systems focus
An MS Degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the BS Engineering degree
Seven or more years of electrical engineering experience is desired
Experience in protection and control engineering is required
Professional Engineer (PE) registration or plan to become registered is required
Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record are required
Must have strong analytical and computer skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short and Long-Term Disability
401(k) match
Flexible Spending Accounts
EAP
Parental Leave
Paid time off
Holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering designprotective relayingcommunications systemsSCADAQuality AssuranceQuality Controlprotection and control engineeringanalytical skillscomputer skills

Soft Skills

technical directionon-the-job trainingrelationship buildingpresentation skillsclient interactiondelegationplanningprioritizationreviewing work

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringMS Degree in engineeringProfessional Engineer (PE) registrationvalid driver’s license