Airswift is seeking a Design Engineer to support the power industry in an initial 1-year contract, with possibility to extend.
This is a remote position in a 5/40 schedule.
We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to support the design, analysis, and implementation of utility?scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop protection and control (P&C) designs for utility?scale substations and points of interconnection (POI).
- Create settings, logic diagrams, control schematics, and related documentation.
- Design transformer, feeder, and bus protection schemes.
- Apply and coordinate utility communication protocols (e.g., DNP3, IEC 61850).
- Perform power flow and voltage regulation studies.
- Conduct POI and grid compliance studies.
- Carry out protection coordination analyses.
- Execute arc?flash studies.
- Assess power quality and harmonics.
- Substation Engineering & Layout
- Coordinate equipment selection with vendors and manufacturers.
- Develop substation layouts (AIS/GIS) and general arrangement drawings.
- Design conduit systems, cable routing, and trench layouts.
- Create building layouts, grounding grid designs, and safety clearances.
- Design communication system architecture for substations and BESS sites.
- Support SCADA and control system integration with utilities and operators.
- Configure network infrastructure and associated communication pathways.
Requirements:
- Experience in utility?scale renewable energy projects (solar PV and BESS).
- Strong understanding of utility interconnection processes and standards.
- Proficiency in electrical design using CAD platforms.
- Practical experience with PV modeling tools such as PVsyst.
- Experience with PSCAD.
- Familiarity with high?voltage substation design best practices.
- Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and utilities.
- Familiar with relay software platforms (SEL, GE, etc.).
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