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Protection & Controls Engineer - Memphis
Memphis, TN · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years required; preferred experience is 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
About the job
Designs, commissions, and maintains protection and control systems for electrical infrastructure serving data halls and other mission-critical loads.
What you'll do
- Develop protection designs, diagrams, relay settings, and logic across transmission, generation, storage, and facility systems.
- Perform protection studies, commission and test systems, and analyze fault records to recommend changes.
- Maintain relay settings and configuration records; integrate protection with monitoring systems and support field work and applicable NERC testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
- 3+ years of protection and controls experience on medium- or high-voltage systems, including settings, design, or commissioning.
- Willingness to work on-site in Memphis, TN; travel up to 25%.
- Valid driver's license; able to perform hands-on work in varied environments, work extended hours as needed, lift up to 25 lbs unassisted, and provide 24/7 on-call emergency support.
Nice to have
- 5+ years in a protection and controls role at a utility, independent power producer, EPC, relay manufacturer, or hyperscale / colocation data center operator.
- Experience with SEL relays and software, relay logic, protection studies, commissioning test equipment, or relevant professional engineering licensure.
Tools
SEL, AcSELerator QuickSet, Doble, Omicron, ETAP, ASPEN OneLiner, DNP3, IEC 61850
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