Data Center Substation, Protection & Automation Engineer

The role

You will own the protection and automation architecture across the US portfolio. This includes developing protection philosophy, designing substation automation and SCADA architecture, and managing utility interconnections.

What you will do

• Own Anthropic's protection philosophy and basis of design across the electrical system
• Specify protective relays and develop relay settings for various applications
• Perform and review short-circuit, protective-device coordination, and arc-flash studies
• Implement automatic transfer, load-shed, and restoration schemes
• Review protection and control design packages from build partners and A/E firms
• Design the substation automation architecture for each site
• Integrate protective relays, meters, and switchgear controls into the EPMS and SCADA
• Define network topology, redundancy, and cybersecurity boundaries
• Work with local utilities, transmission owners, and ISOs/RTOs on interconnection requirements
• Develop relay test plans and witness factory and site acceptance testing

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in power system protection engineering, substation automation, or substation design for utility, heavy-industrial, or mission-critical facilities
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep, hands-on expertise applying and setting protective relays for transformers, feeders, buses, generators, and switchgear
• Fluency in at least one major relay platform (e.g., SEL, GE Multilin, ABB, Siemens)
• Fluency in short-circuit, protective-device coordination, and arc-flash analysis
• Hands-on experience integrating protective relays into substation automation or SCADA systems using protocols such as DNP3, Modbus, or IEC 61850
• Experience working on utility interconnection protection
• Ability to read, interpret, and mark up single-line and three-line diagrams, AC and DC schematics, relay panel drawings, and wiring diagrams
• Experience developing relay test plans and witnessing factory acceptance testing, secondary-injection testing, or field commissioning
• Familiarity with codes and standards such as IEEE C37 series, IEEE 1584, NFPA 70/70E, and NERC PRC reliability standards

Nice to have

• HV/MV substation physical design experience
• Experience with protection and control for on-site generation and battery energy storage systems
• Background in data center, hyperscaler, or other high-availability electrical distribution
• Experience owning NERC PRC compliance evidence
• Proficiency with vendor relay engineering tools such as SEL AcSELerator, GE EnerVista, ABB PCM600, or Siemens DIGSI
• Designed IEC 61850 station- or process-bus systems with GOOSE-based protection or interlocking schemes
• Prior work at a utility, relay or switchgear manufacturer, protection-engineering consultancy, or hyperscaler

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.