Electrical Engineer - Switchgear Design
Vertiv
Role:Job Description
Job Title
Electrical Engineer – Design & Application (Medium Voltage Switchgear)
Job Purpose
To execute detailed design and application engineering of Medium Voltage (MV) switchgear, ensuring compliance with IEC standards, accurate protection relay engineering, and timely project delivery.
Key Responsibilities 1. Design & Engineering
Prepare and review SLDs, GA drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and interlocking logic for MV switchgear (AIS/GIS up to 36kV or company scope).
Perform busbar sizing, short-circuit withstand calculations, and thermal considerations.
Ensure compliance with IEC 62271 series and other applicable IEC standards.
Support standardization by using approved engineering templates and libraries.
Protection & Relay Engineering
Selection and application of numerical protection relays.
Perform relay setting calculations (OCR, EF, REF, UV/OV, directional, differential as applicable).
Configure and program protection relays as per project protection philosophy.
Develop trip matrix and interlocking logic.
Support protection coordination studies (ETAP / DigSILENT preferred).
Assist during FAT and commissioning for relay validation and troubleshooting.
Application Engineering
Review customer technical specifications and prepare compliance statements.
Identify technical deviations and propose optimized solutions.
Support sales and project teams with technical clarifications.
Testing & Project Support
Prepare and review routine test procedures.
Support factory acceptance tests (FAT).
Provide technical support during manufacturing and site-related queries.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
5-10 years of experience in MV switchgear design and protection engineering.
Technical Skills
Strong knowledge of IEC 62271 series and IEC protection standards (IEC 60255).
Hands-on experience in numerical relay programming (ABB / Siemens / Schneider or equivalent).
Knowledge of protection coordination studies.
Proficiency in AutoCAD / EPLAN or equivalent tools.
Competencies
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Detail-oriented with high engineering accuracy.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Good communication skills for cross-functional coordination.
About Us
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
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High-Performance Culture
Customer Focus
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Financial Strength
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Drive continuous improvement
Learn and seek out development
Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
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