Field Service Engineer

About This Role

This field-based role supports customers by commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting power distribution and protection systems across a wide range of industrial environments. The position is highly travel-oriented and focuses on medium- and high-impact field execution, with opportunities to work on both greenfield and brownfield projects nationwide. This role supports Siemens' Electrification Automation business and plays a key part in ensuring safe, reliable system performance for customers.

Responsibilities

• Install, test, commission, and start up low- and medium-voltage power distribution equipment (approximately 480V–38kV), including switch gear and breakers
• Perform hands-on commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of protection and control relays (e.g., SEL, GE Multilin, Siemens SIPROTEC)
• Use industry-standard test equipment and software (such as Omicron and Doble test sets, relay configuration and protection software) to validate system performance
• Support greenfield and brownfield projects through commissioning, maintenance, emergency response, and corrective troubleshooting activities
• Analyze test results, assess equipment condition, and document findings through clear, accurate field reports
• Work directly with customers, partners, and internal teams to provide technical support, training, and consulting as needed
• Travel extensively to job sites across the U.S. to support field execution and project demands

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required
• 4+ years of experience with the following:
• Field-based commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical power distribution systems
• Protection and control relays (SEL, GE Multilin, Siemens SIPROTEC) and associated configuration software
• Relay testing equipment such as Omicron and/or Doble test sets
• Low- and medium-voltage switch gear, breakers, and electrical control circuits
• Interpreting test data, assessing equipment condition, and producing clear technical documentation
• Willingness and ability to travel up to approximately 80% domestically
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship

Nice to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
• Additional field service experience in transmission, distribution, or apparatus testing environments
• Experience commissioning specific relay models (e.g., SEL 751 or similar), with detailed hands-on exposure
• Knowledge of high-voltage and SF₆ gas circuit breakers
• Industry certifications or training such as NETA, NICET, OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, MSHA 46/48, or TWIC card