Electrical Engineer & High Voltage Technician

Job Description

Description

Electrical Engineer (High Voltage Systems & Preventive Maintenance)

We are seeking a versatile and detail-oriented Electrical Engineer & High Voltage Technician to design, implement, and maintain critical electrical power systems. In this hands-on role, you’ll support everything from medium- and low-voltage distribution to preventive maintenance on high-voltage equipment, ensuring 24 / 7 mission-critical reliability in government, commercial, and institutional facilities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, layout, and commissioning of medium- and low-voltage power distribution systems, substations, and switchgear.
• Conduct electrical studies—load flow, short circuit, arc flash, grounding—and recommend protection schemes using ETAP, SKM Power Tools, CYME, or PSCAD.
• Create and maintain single-line diagrams, protection / control schematics, and technical specifications for transformers, UPS, relays, and motor control centers.
• Lead preventive maintenance : perform insulation resistance, load, and system performance testing on wiring, panels, motors, VSDs, PDUs, and generators up to 115 kV.
• Execute field inspections, fault analyses, troubleshooting, and corrective actions to uphold design intent and compliance with NEC, IEEE, NESC, OSHA, and local codes.
• Install, commission, and maintain primary (HV / MV) and secondary (LV) substations, overhead / underground distribution, building services, grounding, and lightning protection systems.
• Support SCADA integration, digital / analog control systems, and building automation for monitoring and remote operation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—mechanical, HVAC, facilities—and vendors to develop work plans, safety plans, and job hazard analyses.
• Document maintenance activities, generate status briefings, and recommend infrastructure upgrades for long-term reliability.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Join us to leverage your engineering acumen and high-voltage expertise in safeguarding mission-critical power infrastructure

Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.

We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

Original Posting : September 25, 2025

For U.S. Positions : While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range : Pay Range $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

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.