Relay Settings Engineer
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The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers.
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Leidos ' Power Delivery Solutions (PDS) division is hiring for a Relay Settings Engineer to join our diverse and fast-paced Framingham, MA organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.
Hybrid or Remote: Fully remote is available for candidates with relay settings experience. Hybrid is two to four days a week in the Framingham, MA office. We also have mid to senior level relay settings openings.
What you’ll be doing:
- Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
- Create logic diagrams for IEC61850 substations.
- Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
- Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
- Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
- Solve challenging substation engineering problems.
What does Leidos need from me?
- Associate Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and internship experience.
- Intermediate Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and three plus years of related experience.
- Must be willing to travel to customer sites and in-office / testing lab as needed.
- Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
- Capable of understanding Aspen OneLiner and/or Siemen’s CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
- Preparation of protective relay coordination studies.
- Ability to learn development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others for both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses).
- Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet, General Electric EnerVista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
- Strong engineering and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail with a passion for quality.
- Experience implementing control and protection schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and preparing relay logic to complete the schemes.
Favorable if you have:
- Experience preparing technical reports.
- Experience understanding power system protection
- Ability to travel overnight on occasional basis
- Ability to effectively work in a fast paced team environment.
- EIT/PE License.
In this role, you can also expect to gain:
- Professional Engineer License (PE)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Technical & non-technical training opportunities
- Mentorship Program
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Original Posting:
April 13, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition w