Engineer Senior

Job Posting End Date

05-01-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Engineer Senior
Location: 8400 Smith’s Mill Rd, New Albany, OH 43054
Work Designation: Onsite

Job Description

What you'll do:

• Work on Fault Analysis team that conducts engineering analyses during system outages to enhance customer satisfaction and review all bulk electric system outages across the system to assess whether operations operated correctly.
• Identify root causes of system failures or malfunctions by examining data, conducting investigations, and utilizing analytical techniques to pinpoint protective relay issues on the Bulk Electric System.
• Review oscillography from protective relay schemes to determine fault type, fault duration, fault magnitudes, and whether the substation protective relaying operated as designed.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of faults and incidents, including detailed sequences of events for future reference and analysis.
• Ensure that the analysis and reporting processes meet regulatory compliance requirements and industry standards.
• Work closely with engineering and operations teams to share findings and recommend improvements to prevent future occurrences.
• Prepare detailed reports summarizing analysis results, insights, and recommendations, and present these findings to stakeholders for decision-making purposes.

What we're looking for:

Bachelor’s degree in an ABET-accredited* electrical engineering program and 6 years of electrical engineering experience or alternatively, a Master’s degree in an ABET-accredited electrical engineering program and 4 years of electrical engineering experience including the following:

• Relay Manufacturer software and Fault Analysis Tools such as AcSELerator Quickset, AcSELerator RTAC, SEL Compass, GE Entervista UR Setup, WaveWin, and SEL SynchroWAVe

• Experience with different P&C schemes, such as different line protections, transformer protections, generator, and bus protections.

*ABET - Electrical Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Non-ABET accredited bachelor's degree in electrical engineering must be accompanied by an advanced degree in electrical engineering from a university with an ABET accredited bachelor degree program in electrical engineering. Non-ABET accredited advanced degrees in electrical engineering must be from a university with an ABET accredited bachelor degree program in electrical engineering.

What you’ll get:

Compensation range:  $111,694 to $138,588 annually

In addition to a competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.  

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