We are looking for a Lead Substation Engineer to join our team.
*Candidates must be located in the United States and specifically - Delaware, Philadelphia PA, Atlantic City NJ, Washington D.C., or Baltimore area.
The Challenge:
- Experience in executing substation physical and or P&C projects
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
- Performing quality control checks on substation physical and P&C design projects.
- Expected to read and design substation design drawings such as one-line drawings, three-line drawings, schematics, wiring, plan-section drawings, conduit and grounding drawings.
- Create and check bill of materials for substation physical and P&C
- Quality Control Checks Design.
- Complete Project Lifecycle Support from Scoping to Final Design and Implementation.
- Applying the Minimum Requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code to the Design Processes
- Working with Client Standards to Implement Design.
- Working with a Designer/Drafter to Create the Required Drawings for Each Project.
- Construction
- Expected to occasionally attend site visit at customer location
- Expected to occasionally visit the Framingham Leidos office for collaboration with the team
Successful candidates must comply with quality control and safe work practices and maintain compliance with project scope, schedule, and budget. This position will be a member of a design team comprised of engineers, designers, and CAD technicians and will work with client standards to implement design.
What Sets You Apart:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with eight (8+) or more years of related substation design experience.
- Demonstrate Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
- Ability to meet deadlines under pressure situations.
- Collaborator and leader who can work effectively in team environment.
- Self-starter who works independently with minimal direction.
- Strong analytical skills and proven problem solver in both team and independent environments.
You Might Also have:
- Engineer Intern (“EI” or “EIT”) professional certification.
- Professional Engineer (“PE”) License.
- Working knowledge of protection and control design
- Experience with bus calculation
- Experience with grounding studies/lightning protection and lighting studies.
- Experience with AC and DC calculations
- Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS
- Experience working on CAD tools.
- Master’s degree in related field.
- Field testing/commissioning experience.
PDSSUBSTATION
PowerDelivery
Original Posting:
August 27, 2026
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
