Power Systems & Protection Engineer

What You'll Do7

• Draft research-level problems that draw on your own relay, protection and field test experience.
• Turn fault records, relay settings and acceptance test results into questions a model has to reason through.
• Work through fault records and test data in Python or a comparable language to back up each problem.
• Check answers and supporting explanations for technical accuracy before submitting a task.
• Document your reasoning and data sources so reviewers can follow the work.
• Set your own hours and deliver tasks without a fixed weekly schedule.
• Raise ambiguity in a task brief instead of guessing at intent.

Requirements4

• Hands-on experience analyzing your own relay records and test data with Python or a similar language.
• A clear writing style that explains technical power engineering work to a reader outside your daily practice.
• Comfort working alone, planning your own time across flexible, task-based assignments.
• Practical exposure to protection records and field test data from substations, generators or drives, gained through real analysis rather than electrical design, installation or PCB work.

Preferred Qualifications6

• 3 or more years at a utility, grid operator, equipment manufacturer or testing contractor
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering
• Work with COMTRADE files or fault record analysis
• Relay setting work, acceptance test runs, or a PE / Chartered Engineer credential
• Public code, a thesis or papers that demonstrate your technical work
• Prior experience in data annotation, data labeling or AI/ML evaluation

Who Should Apply

Protection and power systems engineers who already dig through relay records and test data in Python will fit this work best. The role suits someone three or more years into utility, manufacturer or testing-contractor work who can put field findings into clear written form.

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