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Engineer II Electrical & Electronics Engineering X

Vertiv
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 5 days ago
Electrical engineeringProtection relay programmingMV/LV protection systemsProtection relay testing and commissioningMV switchgearABB protection relays
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Position Overview

Protection Relay Programming & Testing Engineer for MV and LV protection systems.

The role covers the complete lifecycle of protection systems, from relay programming and settings implementation through testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and final validation.

Qualifications and Experience

  • B.E. or B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Requires 7–12 years of relevant experience in protection relay programming, testing, commissioning, and protection or control systems.
  • Predominant experience with MV switchgear, control and relay panels, and electrical protection systems.

Protection Engineering Skills

  • Hands-on experience with protection relay programming, configuration, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
  • Knowledge of overcurrent, earth fault, directional, voltage, frequency, transformer, motor, and busbar protection schemes.
  • Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, and protection philosophies.

Relay Platforms and Testing

  • Experience with ABB, Siemens, and Schneider Electric protection relays, including ABB Relion, Siemens SIPROTEC, Schneider Easergy/SEPAM, or equivalents.
  • Experience with secondary injection, functional, trip, interlock, FAT, SAT, commissioning, site, and end-to-end protection testing.
  • OMICRON or equivalent relay test equipment experience is preferred.

Communications and Integration

  • Practical experience with Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, Profibus, Profinet, IEC 61850, and industrial Ethernet.
  • Knowledge of IEC 61850 architecture, including IEDs, Station Bus, Process Bus, GOOSE, MMS, and SCL configuration.
  • Experience integrating relays with PLC, RTU, SCADA, EPMS/BMS, and supervisory control systems.

Core Responsibilities

  • Configure communication mappings for data points, alarms, status, commands, measurements, events, and protection signals.
  • Troubleshoot networks, switches, VLANs, IP addressing, gateways, redundancy, and communication paths from relays through higher-level systems.
  • Prepare relay setting files, test procedures, test reports, commissioning reports, and protection documentation.

System Validation

  • Verify relay settings against approved protection coordination studies.
  • Perform end-to-end testing and validate commands, statuses, alarms, trips, measurements, events, and interlocks.

About Vertiv

Vertiv provides hardware, software, analytics, and services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities.

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