Communications Engineer

To Apply For This PositionWe ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/careers If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. The Opportunity:Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a creative, self-motivated, problem solver to join our Government Services team as a Communications Engineer. If you are looking for an opportunity to be mentored by industry experts, work with state of the art equipment, and the ability to create your own analysis tools then this may be the position for you!

If you have excellent writing, research and analytical skills, we invite you to consider joining our team and see what it?s like to work for a company that will provide you with the tools necessary to do the best job.

SEL is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and two major universities within 10 miles of each other! If it?s the big city life that?s of interest to you not to worry! A quick hour and a half drive to the North you will find Spokane, Washington which provides all of the shopping, dining, arts, indoor and outdoor recreation you could wish for!

Benefits of Being an Owner: SEL offers competitive salaries and has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; an SEL Scholarship program and an outstanding work environment. Communications EngineerResponsibilities: Conduct creative, independent research and solve problems within a dynamic team Analyze products for vulnerability to electronic intrusions Assist with the implementation and testing of mitigations to vulnerabilities Analyze and test commercial electronic security products and systems for possible adaptation to SEL business needs Assist with the planning, developing, and implementing of electronic security features in future SEL products and information network configurations Collaborate with Information Services to maintain a high level of information assurance to protect SEL intellectual property and electronic assets, and safeguard SEL systems against electronic intrusions Develop and maintain a high level of technical knowledge, through on-going training opportunities and self-study, of communications devices as they pertain to SEL businessQualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or strongly related field Two years training or experience in information security Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to learn new skills in electric power systems protection, control, and automation Ability to work cooperatively in a collaborative team environment Background check results satisfactory to SEL Negative drug test result(s)Preferred Qualifications: Experience in design and maintenance of TCP/IP networks Experience with networked Windows NT, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and Linux operating systems An Award Winning CompanySchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service, which has enabled us to expand both within the electric utility market and into industrial, international, and OEM markets.

In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven categories of performance including technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. SEL provides an excellent work environment and is the recipient of several awards, including one of the ?100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State? (Puget Sound Business Journal, 1999 ? 2003), ?Most Innovative Supplier? (Energex, 2002), "Entrepreneur of the Year" (Ernst & Young, 2000), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA). Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to over 1000 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions.

Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide.

Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company?s growth.

In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value.

If you are ready for the challenge and benefits of being part of the SEL team, and you meet the requirements listed above, please apply online at www.selinc.com/careers