Senior Field Service Engineer - Electrical Services

Location: This role supports our Bellevue, WA branch location, serving customers throughout the greater Wenatchee, WA area.

About Siemens

We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource‑efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation and advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose that adds real value for customers.

About the role

Senior Field Service Engineers or Senior Electrical Services Specialists are responsible for instrumentation & control (I&C) on power distribution equipment at our hyper‑scale data‑center sites. The scope includes, but is not limited to, setting communication devices and topology industrial networks, uploading HMI/PLC programs, installing I/O and CPUs, integrating third‑party EPMS, and performing initial testing, operation, troubleshooting, and modification of customer equipment and systems such as MV/LV switchgear, transformers, metering, power monitoring, power quality, and protective relays.

Responsibilities

• Create test scripts and Methods of Procedures (MOP) related to data‑center commissioning activities.
• Set communication devices and topology industrial networks; upload HMI/PLC programs; install I/O and CPUs.
• Integrate third‑party EPMS; conduct initial testing, operation, troubleshooting, and modification of customer equipment and systems (MV/LV circuit breakers, metal‑clad/vacuum switchgear, LV equipment testing, analysis of test results).
• Perform equipment condition assessments and troubleshoot/repair electrical control circuits.
• Provide on‑site assistance with programming, start‑up, checkout, commissioning, and validation processes.
• Participate in final walk‑throughs, complete job closeout documentation, and deliver customer training.
• Act as a technical resource to customers and field employees.
• Instruct customer personnel on proper operation and routine inspections.
• Train customers to maintain and adjust complex equipment.
• Provide expert advice, training, and technical assistance to support staff and mentor lower‑level employees.
• Complete and submit reports covering all job activity.
• Maintain complex tools, test equipment, and calibration items.
• Be available to respond to emergency and relief assignments.
• For Field Service Engineers only: plan and estimate labor categories, rates, material costs, and transportation expenses for complex proposals.
• Review complex task plans, drawings, and installation schematics; provide continual guidance throughout project duration.
• (FSE only) Perform and supervise preliminary and detailed site audits to develop design concepts and schematics.
• Perform Site Lead activities during the client’s construction schedule, when required.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience troubleshooting and repairing electrical control circuits; ability to obtain thermography certification.
• 8+ years of experience in the installation and/or maintenance of Power Automation Switchboards.
• 8+ years of experience using electrical test sets for AC/DC high‑potential testing, transformer turns‑ratio testing, transformer power‑factor testing, and other power‑system test practices.
• Skill in interpreting protective coordination studies and configuring protective relays.
• Ability to read bills of material, electrical blueprints, and power‑system study reports.
• Experience with installation, commissioning, and maintenance of low and medium voltage power distribution systems.
• Familiarity with arc‑flash and shock hazards of 13.8 kV and equipment such as Siemens GIS, AIS, WL, RL, and SB breakers and switchgear.
• Knowledge of ANSI, NEC, NFPA, IEEE, and NETA codes and standards.
• Capability to carry and move equipment and tools weighing up to 75 lb unassisted.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Must be 18 years of age, possess a valid driver’s license with limited violations, and meet eligibility for Siemens’ fleet‑vehicle program.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree – preferably Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• AVO, NETA, and NICET certifications.

Benefits

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees. Details can be found at https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $109,742 – $188,129 annually, with a target incentive of 10 % of the base salary. The actual wage offered may vary based on budget, candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location.