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Principal Engineer

Melbourne, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead major secondary and protection electrical design projects for utility, renewable, and data centre clients.

Role type

Principal Electrical Engineer (Secondary & Protection)

Builds

HV substation, BESS, and solar design solutions

Domain

Renewable energy, power utilities, high-voltage engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

High-voltage substation design, secondary and protection systems, BESS design, solar design, technical leadership, project delivery, stakeholder management, mentoring, business development, quality assurance

Preferred skills

Water project experience, transport project experience

Technologies

High-voltage systems, BESS, solar infrastructure

Responsibilities

Serve as technical authority on HV substation, BESS, and solar design; provide technical direction on secondary/protection packages from concept to completion; mentor and develop junior engineers; contribute to proposals and client engagement to secure new work; uphold engineering standards and implement best practices

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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