We believe real value is powered by the unique skills and experiences of our professionals. The interchange of ideas from a diverse group of people gives our teams an expanded perspective and the ability to find better solutions for our clients. Req Id : 116879 Job Title : Senior Substation Automation Engineer - Grid Modernization IEC 61850 Business Unit sector : CPL-BVOPS-ENGR & DEV SVCS Department: BVCPL BV OPS EDS INSTR & CONTR Work Location : INPUNE Opportunity Type : Staff Relocation eligible : Yes Full time/Part time : Full-Time Contract Hire Only for this Project: No Visa Sponsorship Available: No Recruiter : Sanatkumar Behera Job Summary Black & Veatch is expanding its Power SCADA team to support a strategic grid modernization initiative focused on IEC 61850‑based substation automation and virtual substation technologies. As a founding member of the Virtual Protection, Automation, and Control vPAC Alliance, Black & Veatch is collaborating with industry leaders to advance open, secure, and vendor‑agnostic digital substation solutions that replace traditional, hardware‑intensive architectures with virtualized, software‑defined platforms. Following successful pilot efforts, BV is now transitioning virtual substations into production environments. This role is being created to bring in experienced SCADA professionals who can help design, implement, standardize, and support production‑ready Power SCADA solutions that enable resilient, flexible, and future‑ready grid infrastructure In this role, you may have the opportunity to: Lead the transition of IEC 61850‑based digital and virtual substations from pilot to production, shaping real-world grid modernization outcomes. Design and standardize secure, vendor‑agnostic substation automation architectures that improve resilience, flexibility, and scalability. Serve as a technical leader and subject‑matter expert, influencing system architecture, best practices, and emerging standards. Collaborate with utilities, technology partners, and industry groups including vPAC Alliance to help define the future of protection, automation, and control Key Responsibilities IEC 61850 Engineering & Modeling • Develop SCL engineering artifacts including ICD, CID, and SCD files, datasets, logical node mappings, reporting and control blocks, and GOOSE publications and subscriptions.• Configure and validate MMS, GOOSE, and SV messaging for protection, automation, monitoring, and SCADA applications. Substation Networking & Time Synchronization • Design and document station-bus and process-bus network architectures using PRP/HSR, VLANs, QoS, multicast management, and traffic segmentation practices.• Design deterministic real-time networking paths for time-sensitive protection and automation applications, incorporating latency budgeting, PTP timing performance, and behaviors defined for substation-class devices meeting IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 environmental and EMC requirements.• Diagnose and optimize real-time n
