Job Title

Solution Engineer - Substation Protection and Control Design Engineer

Job Location

Pune

Educational requirement

B.E. Electrical or equivalent

Required experience.

12+ Years

A Snapshot of Your Day

How You’ll Make an Impact

- Analyze customer technical specifications and project requirements to develop technically compliant substation engineering solutions.
- Perform basic and detailed design engineering for HV substations, including single line diagrams, protection block diagrams, control philosophies, interlocking schemes, and communication architecture.
- Develop and review AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, termination diagrams, panel layouts, marshalling concepts, LV equipment specifications, and cable schedules using EPLAN, Ebase, AutoCAD or equivalent tools.
- Prepare and review engineering calculations such as CT/VT sizing, burden calculations, cable sizing, battery sizing, charger sizing, and AC/DC load calculations.
- Develop and validate protection and control schemes for lines, transformers, busbars, feeders, reactors, capacitor banks and auxiliary systems.
- Prepare equipment specifications, bill of materials, technical evaluations and drawings for protection, control, metering, RTU, communication and auxiliary panels.
- Coordinate engineering interfaces with internal departments, project management, manufacturing, testing, commissioning teams, customers and sub-suppliers.
- Review vendor/sub-supplier drawings and ensure alignment with technical specifications, applicable standards and approved design philosophy.
- Support design reviews, technical clarifications,



FAT/SAT preparation and project-related meetings, both remote and in person.

What You Bring

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with background in Electrical Engineering.
- 12-15 years of experience with focus on substation system design, basic engineering and detailed design for protection, control and automation systems.
- In-depth knowledge of substation schematics, wiring diagrams, termination drawings, panel engineering, control schemes, protection schemes, interlocking logic and auxiliary system design.
- Strong experience in CT/VT selection and sizing, cable sizing, AC/DC load calculations, battery and charger sizing, and preparation of engineering calculation notes.
- Hands-on expertise with EPLAN, Ebase, AutoCAD and other engineering design tools used for substation design documentation.
- Knowledge of IEC, IEEE, ANSI and utility/customer engineering standards; experience with typical relay, control, SCADA/RTU, HMI and IED equipment used in substations.
- Experience of working with EPC contractors, utilities, OEMs, system integrators and cross-functional project teams

Soft Skills

- Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical thinking, reasoning and problem-solving ability for complex engineering topics.
- Ability to review work performed by others and guide junior/mid-level engineers.
- Collaborative mindset with ability to work across engineering, project, manufacturing and commissioning teams.
- Willingness to learn current standards, tools and engineering practices while building domain knowledge.

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