Transmission​/Substation Engineering Development & Testing Engineer

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Transmission/Substation Engineering Development & Testing Engineer 2 at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll contribute to the adoption of cutting‑edge Grid Platform and Grid Enhancing Technologies. Your work will play a key role in advancing Southern California Edison’s Pathway 2045 vision—providing transmission/substation testing services and technology demonstrations that support a clean, affordable, and reliable grid across our infrastructure.

As a Transmission/Substation Engineering Development & Testing Engineer 2, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

• Performs inspections and evaluations of existing conditions for various electrical equipment and systems for proper installation, problem identification/trouble shooting, and overall improvements.
• Ensures system event assessments and RCA are performed for equipment failures and implements corrective actions, confirming proper mitigation plans are in place.
• Prepares thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and design plans related to projects and analysis of increasing scope and complexity.
• Con­ducts independent engineering work, receiving guidance on the evaluation, selection, application and adap­tion of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Performs power system modeling and analyses utilizing software tools and applications; stays informed of technology advancements, market trends, and relevant guidelines and standards related to energy technology.
• Ensures the performance of day‑to‑day preventive maintenance activities to maintain equipment and ensure continued operation according to required standards including Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) quality and environmental and reliability standards.
• Helps ensure infrastructure’s supporting processes are validated/qualified throughout their life cycle.
• Develops the engineering facility design, including but not limited to electrical system design, such as sizing, creating one‑line diagrams, and selecting equipment.
• Assists in the development of new technology and standards strategy and the implementation of strategies into business operations to improve power system functionality and quality of service to customers.
• Acts as project sponsors with some technical assistance when responding to technical questions requiring project modification to move projects through their lifecycle.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
• Two or more years of experience performing engineering work in operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding and technical capability to deliver advanced technology demonstration projects from concept to field deployment.
• Experience executing projects that focus on the customer(s) through design thinking, incorporating feedback and developing agreement among stakeholders to maximize project success and technology transfer.
• Knowledge of modeling power systems especially using PSCAD (software in the loop), RTDS (hardware in the loop), and other power flow and short circuit duty software.
• Experience working hands‑on in lab environment with instrumentation and performing testing.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work on and successfully lead multi‑departmental cross‑functional technical teams on projects with moderate financial and operational impact.
• Familiarity with SCE’s publicly…