Principal Engineer – Systems Protection, Relay Settings

Qualus

Principal Relay Settings Engineer focusing on protective relay design and coordination at Qualus. Requires 12+ years experience in relay settings with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform Protective Relay Design & Coordination: Design, specify, calculate settings, and coordinate protective relays and relay control schemes.
Modeling, short circuit and overstressed breaker studies as well as the protective relaying recommendations for proposed generation interconnections to a client’s electrical system.
Ensures all relay settings activities, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the company’s established policies and objectives, and with client design standards.
Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable, articulate manner.
Work collaboratively with the appropriate groups/ individuals in Qualus to develop and implement technical solutions that support the objectives of the Engineering Department.
Support multiple projects in parallel.

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.
International Engineering Degrees will be considered from an ABET accredited school.
12+ years of experience in protection and control engineering and relay settings.
Must have demonstrated experience with CAPE and/or ASPEN.
Professional Engineering (PE) registration is required.
Professional Engineering registration in the working state a plus.
Must have strong analytical and computer skills.
Must be able to identify necessary software to complete needed design work.
Strong commitment to customer service and care.
Highly motivated "self‐starter".
Proven multitasking skills.
Excellent document management and organizational skills.
CYME familiarity, reclosers/sectionalizing schemes/fuse coordination preferred.

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

protective relay designrelay coordinationshort circuit studiesoverstressed breaker studiesrelay settingspower systems engineeringanalytical skillsdocument managementmultitasking

Soft Skills

customer serviceself-starterorganizational skillscollaborationcommunication

Certifications

Professional Engineering (PE) registration