Senior Protection Engineer (Medium Voltage / Utility Distribution)

$40–100/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: STEM and Coding

Review medium-voltage utility protection cases, including relay settings, coordination curves, fault studies and protection logs. Produce technically defensible feedback and training scenarios that help evaluate and improve AI systems.

The work

This remote contractor role applies senior protection-engineering judgment to AI training and validation. Day-to-day work includes assessing reference cases for 2.4kV–38kV distribution systems, checking relay settings and coordination curves, reviewing protection logs, and analyzing fault-current and equipment-protection studies.

Technical focus

You will evaluate applications of SEL, GE or equivalent microprocessor-based relays and may work from studies produced in ETAP, ASPEN or CAPE. Deliverables include clear written rationales, corrections to technical documentation, and realistic scenarios grounded in U.S. distribution-utility or industrial practices. The platform is likely to screen for traceable reasoning, familiarity with recognized protection methodologies, and the ability to identify unsafe assumptions or incomplete evidence.

Working arrangement

The engagement is remote and contractor-based. Much of the output is written, but the role also involves written and verbal collaboration with project managers and technical leads. The listing does not state typical weekly hours or confirm that the work is fully asynchronous.

Pay band: $40–100/hr

What they look for

Protective Relaying
Relay Settings
Medium Voltage Distribution
Fault Current Analysis
Protective Device Coordination
Power Systems

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your experience actually covers the stated 2.4kV–38kV range, protection-study ownership and operating context rather than adjacent power-engineering work.
A strong answer: Give the voltage classes, system types, years of direct responsibility and representative deliverables you owned, such as relay-setting packages, coordination studies or commissioning reviews. Distinguish work you performed from work you merely supervised or received.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by citing broad substation or power-system experience without identifying medium-voltage feeders, specific protection responsibilities or completed study outputs.

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