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Substation Primary Engineer

Siemens Energy

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Location
Raleigh, NC
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Primary Substation Engineer develops design criteria, diagrams, layouts, drawings, calculations, equipment specifications, and bills of materials for substation and switchyard projects. The role supports proposals and project execution, collaborates with marketing and project teams, and identifies solutions to improve safety, reliability, and timelines. The posting seeks at least five years of relevant design experience and requires approximately 20% local and international travel.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Primary Electrical DesignPower SystemsEnglishCommunicationANSI StandardsIEC StandardsNEC RegulationsAutoCADRevitMicroStation

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering5+ Years ExperienceFluent English20% Travel

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic team as a Primary Substation Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of energy infrastructure. Imagine developing project design criteria and preparing detailed one-line diagrams that serve as the backbone of our substations. You will lead the creation of general arrangement layouts and grounding drawings, ensuring every detail is meticulously crafted. As you perform essential calculations for cable ampacity and station auxiliary loads, you will support innovative designs for proposals and projects. Your expertise will not only enhance our engineering deliverables but also contribute to the success of our projects and customer satisfaction.

How You’ll Make an Impact

  • You will develop project design criteria and prepare main one-line and auxiliary one-line diagrams.

  • Create general arrangement, layout, and elevation drawings for substations and switchyards.

  • Perform critical calculations for cable ampacity, grounding, lightning, illumination, and station auxiliary loads.

  • Develop equipment specifications and detailed bills of materials to ensure project accuracy.

  • Collaborate with marketing and project teams to support project execution and customer meetings.

  • Identify potential issues and provide solutions to enhance safety, reliability, and project timelines.

What You Bring

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, with a preference for power systems emphasis.

  • At least 5 years of experience in primary electrical design for high voltage substations or FACTS.

  • Fluent proficiency in English, with strong communication skills is essential.

  • Knowledge of ANSI and IEC standards, as well as NEC regulations.

  • Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or Revit; Microstation skills are a plus.

  • Flexibility to travel locally and internationally, with approximately 20% travel required.

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid! The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards/Benefits

Here are examples of the rewards and benefits Siemens Energy offers:

  • Opportunities to work with a global team

  • Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects

  • Medical benefits

  • Remote/Flexible work

  • Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave

  • Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

  • Access to a variety of employee resource groups

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local

law.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,060 open Substation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • North Carolina median$134–214K/yr34 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 43 open Substation Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 1,060 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Substation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (973 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 594 of the 1,060 open Substation Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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