2 substation design engineer jobs found

The Opportunity Ulteig is seeking a qualified System Protection Engineer to serve as a technical lead on protective relay projects, compliance studies, and related work within the Automation, Integration, and System Protection (AISP) Department. This position is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and commissioning protection and control systems, primarily for hydroelectric facilities and associated substations, while also providing broader support across Ulteig's system protection engineering initiatives. This role requires periodic travel throughout California to support field activities, which may include site walkdowns, commissioning, troubleshooting, demolition and construction support, and other related tasks. Candidates must be based in California and willing to travel statewide, and occasionally out of state, as project needs require. What You'll Do Develop complete design packages for protective relay replacement projects that include one-line...

Salary : $185,797.44 - $236,936.04 Annually Location : Santa Clara, CA Job Type: Full-Time Job Number: 17-26-428 Department: Electric Utility Opening Date: 02/19/2026 Closing Date: Continuous FLSA: Non-Exempt Bargaining Unit: 4 Weighting Plan: 100% Oral Description The Department: Silicon Valley Power (SVP) currently provides over 40 percent of Santa Clara's electricity from carbon-free renewable resources. In addition to using green energy from large-scale wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric projects outside of the area, SVP employs innovative ways to locally produce electricity by capturing and burning methane gas from a closed city landfill and using power from solar generating systems on city-owned garages and vacant, unusable land. It is the mission of SVP to be a progressive, service-oriented utility, offering reliable, competitively priced services for the benefit of Santa Clara and its customers. Being competitive in the marketplace with a...