Senior Protection Engineer
- Prescott, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Role: Senior Protection Engineer
Company: Viking Global Technologies, Inc.’s majority-owned subsidiary, Viking Protection Systems, LLC ,is seeking a highly experienced electric-utility protection engineer to help advance the utility evaluation and deployment of its proprietary algorithm-based broken conductor protection technology. The role offers an opportunity to work directly with the technology’s inventors and engage utility protection teams on challenging real-world applications.
Nature of Engagement: Initially structured as a part-time, consulting or advisory engagement, with potential to expand as technical programs and commercialization progress. The successful candidate will strengthen senior engineering capacity, contribute independent technical judgment and help establish repeatable evidence supporting broader utility deployment.
Experience Sought: Approximately 10+ years of progressive power-system protection experience; strong transmission and/or distribution relaying expertise; practical relay settings, coordination and disturbance-analysis experience; familiarity with microprocessor relays and secondaryinjection testing; and EMTP or comparable modeling capability. Knowledge of symmetrical components, negativesequence quantities, sensitive ground-fault protection and difficult-to-detect events is particularly valuable. Former principal engineers, senior utility protection leaders, independent consultants and experienced professionals from utilities, protection equipment manufacturers or engineering firms are encouraged to inquire. Experience with IEEE protection forums, wildfire mitigation or novel protection schemes is an advantage. Professional Engineer registration is desirable but not essential for an otherwise exceptional candidate.
Location: United States or Canada preferred. Travel to utility meetings, testing facilities and industry conferences as needed.
Contact: info@vikingglobaltech.com
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Responsibilities
Advance utility evaluation and deployment of proprietary algorithm-based broken conductor protection technology. Provide senior engineering capacity and independent technical judgment, engage with utility protection teams, and help establish repeatable evidence for broader deployment.
Requirements
Approximately 10 or more years of progressive power-system protection experience, with strong transmission and/or distribution relaying expertise. Practical experience with relay settings, coordination, disturbance analysis, microprocessor relays, secondary-injection testing, and EMTP or comparable modeling is sought; Professional Engineer registration is desirable but not essential.
Skills
- Power-System Protection
- Transmission Relaying
- Distribution Relaying
- Relay Settings
- Protection Coordination
- Disturbance Analysis
- Microprocessor Relays
- Secondary-Injection Testing
- EMTP Modeling
- Symmetrical Components
- Negative-Sequence Quantities
- Sensitive Ground-Fault Protection
- Utility Engagement
- Technical Evaluation
- Wildfire Mitigation
- Novel Protection Schemes
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- Engineering
- Energy
- Consulting
Keywords
- Electric Utilities
- Power-System Protection
- Broken Conductor Protection
- Algorithm-Based Protection
- Transmission Relaying
- Distribution Relaying
- Relay Settings
- Protection Coordination
- Disturbance Analysis
- Microprocessor Relays
- Secondary-Injection Testing
- EMTP
- Power-System Modeling
- Symmetrical Components
- Negative-Sequence Quantities
- Sensitive Ground-Fault Protection
- Wildfire Mitigation
- Novel Protection Schemes
- Utility Deployment
- IEEE Protection Forums
- Professional Engineer Registration
- Technical Evaluation