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Systems Engineer

Rosendin Electric




Job type: Full Time

Resume required: Yes

Posted date: 2026-05-15

Full job description:

Whether you're a recent grad or a seasoned professional, you can experience meaningful career growth at Rosendin. Enjoy a true sense of ownership as you work with a proven industry leader on some of the most exciting and high-profile projects in the nation. We offer a wide range of job opportunities, competitive compensation, full benefits, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and more.

Why Rosendin? Committed. Innovative. Engaged.

If you're looking to take your career to the next level and work with some of the best and brightest in the industry, we want to hear from you. Since our founding over 100+ years ago, Rosendin has been driven to positively impact the communities where we live and work. We are an organization built on integrity and we have a culture that empowers people, embraces diversity, and inspires everyone to do their best. As one of the largest EMPLOYEE-OWNED electrical contractors in the United States, you will have the unique benefit of being a shareholder at a company that is experiencing tremendous growth and success. When our people succeed and fuel our success, we reward them. We'd love to have you as a shareholder!

YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY:

Want to be part of the team that design and develop complex power distribution systems for a hyper-scale data center campus?

Have specialty in protection or automation control in power systems?

Have experience in project management and worked with vendors and manufacturers?

Are you creative on creating the most innovative and best cost-effective solutions?

Have strong problem-solving skills that you can make things work as intended?

Join Rosendin, where you will be part of the world class team of engineers that design, develop, manage, start-up, commission, complete from beginning to end in a turnkey style.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
  • Pre-construction design and development of the complete power system protection and control by deploying overcurrent protection relays, transformer and bus differential protection relays, and line differential protection relays, or PLC and RTAC for automatic transfer schemes.

  • Design and Develop site wide electrical distribution Sequence of Operation that ensures system reliability and resiliency.

  • Coordinate with utility, turbine power plant, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) or a combination of all three!

  • Spec, evaluate, and review vendor or manufacturer's submittal and equipment to ensure they conform to the system design requirement.

  • Conduct vendor coordination meeting to ensure all systems and all equipment are working well with each other.

  • Design and develop mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical interlock systems.

  • Work with other internal teams to specify proper relaying with proper instrument transformers to ensure secure and dependable operation.

  • Design and develop system wide automation systems using PLC or RTAC style industrial

  • controllers, including but not limited to: System overload prevention, multipurpose busway

  • interlocks, load management systems, generator plant load curtailment systems, Gen plant

  • start and load controls including selective load pickup and load shed schemes, etc.

  • Design and develop relay protection and automation logics for SEL, ABB, Siemens or GE relays

  • Design and develop system protection and control architecture such as IEC61850, mirrored bit, protection interface, Modbus, DNP etc.

  • Provide power system failure analysis, Sequence of Event analysis and/or develop a metering / triggering system to ensure proper event capture for conducting such analysis.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
  • Self-starting, avid learners on new technologies and products.

  • Strong understanding on power distribution systems, relaying, automation systems

  • In-depth working knowledge of SEL-751, SEL-787, SEL-487E, SEL-2411, SEL-3350 RTAC, Siemens 7SX82/85, Siemens 7UT, ABB REF615 etc.

  • In-depth product knowledge on electrical power systems components such as emergency generators, transformers, switchgears, switchboards, automatic transfer switches, protective relays, UPS systems, DRUPS systems, motor, Static Transfer Switches, PDUs, battery storage systems (BESS), inverters, PV systems, wind turbines, substation equipment's etc.

  • Able to understand power system study and analyze TCCs.

  • Strong result driven attitude

  • Strong problem-solving skills

WHAT YOU BRING TO US:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and minimum of 8+ years of engineering design experience in electrical power systems

TRAVEL:
  • Up to 25%

WORKING CONDITIONS:
  • General work environment - sitting for long periods, standing, walking, typing, carrying, pushing, bending. Work is conducted primarily indoors with varying environmental conditions such as fluorescent lighting and air conditioning

  • Noise level is usually low to medium; it can be loud on the jobsite.

  • We fully comply with the ADA and applicable state law, including considering reasonable accommodation measures that may enable qualified disabled applicants and employees to perform essential functions.

  • Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs.

YOU Matter - Our Benefits
  • ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership

  • 401K

  • Annual bonus program based upon performance, profitability, and achievement

  • 17 PTO days per year plus 10 paid holidays

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

  • Term Life, AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life Insurance

  • Disability Income Protection Insurance

  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Plans (Health and Dependent Care)

  • Charitable Giving Match with our Rosendin Foundation

Our success is rooted in our people. We all come together around long-term vision and a sense of shared ownership. As a group, we do whatever it takes to ensure the success of our business and your career.

Rosendin is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, age (over 40), or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job reference: JR105070
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