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Power Grid Automation Engineer — Electrical Equipment OEM
Chicago, IL (preferred) | Remote USA considered
Travel: ~25–50% (customer sites + factory acceptance tests)
The Company
Our client has been innovating in power grid infrastructure since 1905 — and over 120 years, they've grown into a global leader in engineered electrical grid solutions with roughly $1B in revenue and a reputation for product quality and customer service that's hard-earned.
What sets them apart internally: they build an entrepreneurial environment where engineering voice matters and individual expertise compounds into shared outcomes. They're not a company where you execute someone else's roadmap. The expectation is that highly skilled people show up, take initiative, and thrive — and the culture is built around making that possible.
On the infrastructure side, the in-house test lab alone — 500kV AC withstand, 1300kV BIL — signals the level of technical seriousness they operate at. And the tailwinds are real: data center load growth, grid modernization, and electrification demand are putting their core product portfolio directly in front of one of the strongest infrastructure cycles in decades.
If you want to work somewhere stable enough to invest in your development, technically serious enough to keep you challenged, and positioned well enough that the work you do actually matters to the grid — this is worth a conversation.
The Role
The Power Grid Automation Engineer III is the technical owner of distribution automation projects — from proposal through field commissioning — without hand-holding from above. You'll design logic, program relays and controllers, test systems, and interface directly with customers before and after the sale.
This isn't a support role dressed up as an engineering title. The expectation is that you can independently manage a full technical deliverable, communicate at a high level with customers and technology partners, and develop templated software solutions that scale across the product portfolio.
Mentorship responsibility is real here too — you'll be helping bring newer automation engineers up to speed on both the technical and customer-facing sides of the work.
What You'll Own
Who You Are
Ideal backgrounds include:
This role is not a fit if:
Why Join
Relocation support considered for the right candidate.
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