Relay Validation Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Job Purpose

As a part of Development Team, s/he is responsible for testing, validating, commissioning, and maintaining electrical protection relays used in power systems to ensure safe and reliable operation of electrical networks and equipment.

Key Accountabilities

New Product Development
Understanding various Protection Algorithms, Designing the Test plans, Recording the Outputs and Results, suggesting solutions to the Problems or bugs, Learning New Technologies to provide competitive Advantage.

Prototype Building
In-depth developmental testing of new products, Verify relay settings, logic, tripping characteristics, and communication protocols.

Testing
Testing Various Protection Relays, Documenting the Results, suggesting solutions, Fixing Issues, Updating Tools.

Ownership
Take Ownership of the projects undertaken and adhere to deadlines. Take responsibility of failure and improvements.

Key Internal
Internal

1. Unit/Department Heads

2. Developmental and Testing Teams

3. Production Team

External

1. Product Inspectors

2. Customer

Educational qualifications
B.E. (Electrical / Power Systems)

Relevant experience
MIN. 2-3 YEAR (power system protection and relay testing) (Trainings and Projects not considered)

Necessary Functional Skills required for this job

• Knowledge of feeder protection, transformer protection & motor protection relays.

• Testing protection relays using Doble, Omicron relay test kits

• Knowledge of substation automation protocols like IEC 61850, MODBUS, IEC 103 etc.

• Understanding of SCADA, automation, protection relays, type testing will be preferable.

• Excellent analytical ability, good written & verbal communication skills are must.