Location: Remote across US or Canada. Remote in UK within commuting distance of Stafford, Manchester, Birmingham.

Role Overview
We’re looking for an experienced engineering leader to head our Protection & Control (P&C) group. If you live and breathe power system protection, enjoy mentoring technical teams, and are excited about digital substations and renewables integration, this role is designed for you.

What You’ll Do

Lead & Develop the Engineering Team

• Build, mentor, and coach a team of protection and control engineers with strengths in protection algorithms, filter design, and renewable energy applications.
• Create an environment that encourages experimentation, continuous learning, and open knowledge sharing.
• Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and support career development for your team members.

Drive Protection & Control Innovation for a Modern Grid

• Own the end-to-end delivery of protection and control solutions: requirements, design, modeling, simulation, implementation, and validation, ensuring compliance with internal processes and standards.
• Promote the use of advanced communication and substation automation technologies (e.g., IEC 61850 and related digital substation architectures) to improve protection performance and grid automation.
• Define and execute strategies to embed advanced protection algorithms into products using model-based design methods and virtualized environments.

Apply Deep Technical & Management Expertise

• Bring strong technical depth in protection algorithms, automation, and control system design, including fault studies, system stability, and coordination.
• Utilize tools such as MATLAB/Simulink for model development and power system simulation platforms like RTDS, PSCAD, or ATP/EMTP to design and validate protection schemes.
• Understand metering and communication technologies relevant to P&C applications (e.g., IEC 61850, Modbus, DNP3.0, IEC 60870-5-103, Ethernet, and serial protocols).
• Leverage RTDS (or equivalent) for hardware-in-the-loop testing of protection and control systems.
• Apply Model-Based Design methodologies for embedded protection relay development.
• Manage project priorities, schedules, and risks while making sound technical and business decisions.
• Own budgeting, resource allocation, and performance metrics for the P&C engineering group.

Collaborate, Influence & Represent the Organization

• Work closely with hardware, firmware, software, systems engineering, and product management teams to ensure P&C functions are seamlessly integrated into overall product and system designs.
• Track and interpret evolving industry standards, technologies, and best practices in power system protection, control, and grid modernization.
• Build and maintain relationships with universities and research groups to support joint R&D and talent pipelines.
• Represent the company at industry events, technical working groups, and conferences.
• Partner with utilities and other grid stakeholders on the design, deployment, and commissioning of protection and control solutions.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in power system protection and control, including 5+ years in a people-leadership or engineering management capacity.
• Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
• Hands-on background in designing, modeling, and implementing protection and control systems, including relay settings and scheme design.
• Familiarity with applicable standards and regulatory frameworks governing protection and control in utility and industrial power systems.
• Demonstrated history of contributing to the technical community (e.g., authoring and presenting technical papers at industry conferences).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical specialists and non-technical stakeholders, including customers and executives.