Electrical Engineer & High Voltage Technician

Description

Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Systems & Preventive Maintenance)

We are seeking a versatile and detail-oriented Electrical Engineer & High Voltage Technician to design, implement, and maintain critical electrical power systems. In this hands-on role, you’ll support everything from medium- and low-voltage distribution to preventive maintenance on high-voltage equipment, ensuring 24/7 mission-critical reliability in government, commercial, and institutional facilities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, layout, and commissioning of medium- and low-voltage power distribution systems, substations, and switchgear.
• Conduct electrical studies—load flow, short circuit, arc flash, grounding—and recommend protection schemes using ETAP, SKM Power Tools, CYME, or PSCAD.
• Create and maintain single-line diagrams, protection/control schematics, and technical specifications for transformers, UPS, relays, and motor control centers.
• Lead preventive maintenance: perform insulation resistance, load, and system performance testing on wiring, panels, motors, VSDs, PDUs, and generators up to 115 kV.
• Execute field inspections, fault analyses, troubleshooting, and corrective actions to uphold design intent and compliance with NEC, IEEE, NESC, OSHA, and local codes.
• Install, commission, and maintain primary (HV/MV) and secondary (LV) substations, overhead/underground distribution, building services, grounding, and lightning protection systems.
• Support SCADA integration, digital/analog control systems, and building automation for monitoring and remote operation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—mechanical, HVAC, facilities—and vendors to develop work plans, safety plans, and job hazard analyses.
• Document maintenance activities, generate status briefings, and recommend infrastructure upgrades for long-term reliability.

Basic Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline and 4+ years of combined engineering and field-technician experience.
• Journeyman or Master electrical license.
• Hands-on electrician experience with high-voltage systems up to 115 kV.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting electrical schematics, technical specifications, and vendor manuals.
• Working knowledge of electrical engineering principles, circuit design, analog/digital systems, and hardware testing.
• Strong communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Exceptional problem-solving and resilience under changing conditions and emergency scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of experience on high-voltage and power systems.
• Hands-on expertise in analog design, DSP algorithms, VHDL, RF circuitry, and Python scripting for test automation and data analysis.
• Familiarity with closed-transition switching procedures, protective relaying equipment, and power conditioning systems.

Join us to leverage your engineering acumen and high-voltage expertise in safeguarding mission-critical power infrastructure

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.