Product Engineer - Wildfire Mitigation

About the role

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is looking for a Product Engineer to support wildfire mitigation initiatives. You will act as the voice of the customer, helping shape product features, workflows and documentation that solve real-world challenges, and will work with customers, researchers, power engineers and R&D teams to advance wildfire monitoring and mitigation solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the main contact for customers interested in wildfire mitigation research and support existing partnerships.
• Understand SEL automation, communications and software products and the research setups they enable, and translate customer needs into features, functionality and user experiences.
• Work with R&D engineers to define product requirements and with power engineers and researchers on solutions for wildfire detection, monitoring, situational awareness and grid resiliency.
• Maintain an understanding of automation architectures, communications systems and software platforms used in utility environments.
• Develop expertise in data acquisition, storage and visualization tools such as InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana.
• Prepare documentation guides, manuals, release notes, technical papers and training materials, and perform product validation testing and approvals.
• Help develop concept documents, system architectures and new product ideas.

Required profile

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of working knowledge of automation, communications, software integration and/or electric utility systems.
• Understanding of industrial networking, communications systems and automation practices.
• Familiarity with data collection, time-series databases and visualization tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB or Telegraf.
• Excellent technical presentation, training and writing skills, and strong customer-facing communication.
• Interest in turning customer needs into product features and documentation.
• Understanding of electric power systems and utility operations is a plus.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with SEL automation, communications or software products.
• Experience with electric utility communications, SCADA or system integration.
• Experience specifying GUIs and customer-facing software features.

What we offer

• Salary range of $89,000 - $134,000 annually, depending on experience and skills.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• Retirement benefits including an employer-funded ESOP and 401(k).
• 10 paid holidays, vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days and paid family and medical leave covering 90% of pay.
• Tuition assistance, STEM courses, apprenticeships and engineering development programs.
• Location options in Pullman or Lynnwood, WA.