Staff Engineer — Electrical Testing

Job overview

The Staff Engineer — Electrical Testing role is onsite in Saco, ME, with standard office, work-from-home, and field work described. Compensation is $75,000–$125,000 per year, depending on qualifications, plus a discretionary bonus and employee stock program. The role supports Wunderlich-Malec’s Electrical Testing group and its utility, generation, industrial, institutional, and federal power-system projects. The engineer provides design, studies, testing, commissioning, and technical consulting across project lifecycles. The role develops and reviews protection and control systems, relay settings, communications integration, and SCADA interfaces, while coordinating technical deliverables and communicating project risks and needs.

What you'll do

• Develop protection and control design packages and relay settings documentation
• perform relay coordination, short-circuit, load-flow, and arc-flash studies
• review specifications and engineering drawings
• ensure compliance with client standards, NERC and IEEE requirements
• analyze relay events and prepare reports
• support project resource planning and proposals
• test and commission protective relays and substation equipment
• support field verification, startup, and troubleshooting
• lead functional testing
• demonstrate safety leadership
• travel at least 25%.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff engineer

electrical testing

saco me

full-time

$75,000–$125,000/year

protection and control

relay settings

power system studies

scada

commissioning

25% travel

on-call project support

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• PTO and paid holidays
• tuition reimbursement
• referral bonus
• 401(k)/profit sharing
• 100% employee stock ownership plan
• employee assistance program
• travel assistance.

Why this role

Electrical Testing group role; requires at least 25% travel and may involve irregular or extended hours and on-call work for project completion.

About the employer

Wunderlich-Malec Services, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.