[Remote] Protection & Control Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Insight Global is seeking a Protection & Control Designer to support electrical power substation projects. The role focuses on developing detailed protection, control, low-voltage, and automation designs, coordinating with project stakeholders, ensuring compliance with standards, and performing reviews and technical support.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed electrical schematics for MV and HV substation protection and control systems, including single-line diagrams, protection schematics, wiring diagrams, relay panel layouts, and control house design inputs
• Develop high quality protection and control drawings based on project requirements and customer standards and including Safety in Design aspects
• Develop high quality low voltage design drawing integrating LV equipment and auxiliary services such as AC and DC distribution, battery and battery chargers, etc
• Support substation studies such as LV AC system sizing, DC batteries and battery charger sizing, or, cable voltage drop calculations
• Is responsible for ensuring compliance with CAD standards and customer specifications across all Protection and Control design as well as substation automation / SCADA designs
• Has knowledge of design best practices, ANSI/IEEE and other relevant standards
• Provide support to new team members, including remote back office
• Perform peer reviews to identify and resolve any design errors
• Has demonstrated experience with design tools (Autocad, Microstation, etc.)
• Understand and support application of design process including gate and design reviews
• Develop and share return of experience and lessons learned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in protection and control design)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Protection and Control design for transmission, distribution, or generation substations
• Fluent in English
• Strong influencing and relationship building skills
• Demonstrated presentation

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement

Company Overview

Insight Global provides top talent and staffing solutions that help job seekers find careers in healthcare, finance, IT, and government. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://insightglobal.com/.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Insight Global has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 163 in 2026, 281 in 2025, 164 in 2024, 75 in 2023, 17 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.