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Principal Electrical Engineer - Protection & Controls Engineer

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United States

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• Job Identification
  325961
• Job Category
  Product and Research
• Posting Date
  02/18/2026, 06:18 PM
• Role
  Individual Contributor
• Job Type
  Regular Employee
• Does this position require a security clearance?
  No
• Years
  10+ years
• Additional Info
  Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available for this position
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages
  English

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Job Description

Own the protection and controls technical baseline for large-scale data centers, including on-site generation, HV substations, energy storage systems, and MV/LV distribution. Define the protection philosophy and standards, ensure consistent implementation across projects, and provide technical approval of protection designs, settings, and commissioning validation. Support reliable microgrid operation across grid-connected, islanded, and black start modes, and lead protection-related event response through root cause and corrective actions.

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Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Establish and maintain protection and controls standards
• Define the protection and controls philosophy, including scheme selection, coordination principles, operating assumptions, and expected system behavior under normal and abnormal conditions
• Review protection design packages, including single line diagrams, relaying and metering diagrams, schematics, logic, and commissioning and test procedures performed by developers, EPCs, OEMs, and consultants, and drive closure on technical gaps and open items
• Develop, validate, and maintain relay settings, protection logic, and protection documentation across protection zones and operating modes
• Experience supporting post-event analysis using oscillography, SER, and disturbance records, and translating findings into durable corrective actions
• Lead protection-related troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions; assess existing facilities and recommend upgrades and replacements
• Partner with operations and design engineering teams to improve reliability outcomes, standard adoption, and consistency across the portfolio

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 10–15 years of protection and controls engineering experience across substations, HV/MV Systems, and large campus electrical systems
• Demonstrated experience protecting on-site generation (rotating and inverter-based) and supporting microgrid operating modes, including grid-connected and islanded operation and transitions
• Experience developing and reviewing relay settings, protection logic, and commissioning test plans
• Familiarity with IEEE standards and utility interconnection practices; NERC exposure as applicable to site context

Preferred qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Experience with IEC 61850, relay messaging, time synchronization, and integration through RTAC/SCADA

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Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $120,100 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC5

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