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Hely
United Kingdom
Manchester
Vállalat
Siemens Energy Limited
Szervezet
Grid Technologies
Szervezeti egység
Grid Solutions
Teljes/részmunkaidős
bármelyik
Munkatapasztalat
Egyéb
A Snapshot of your day
As a HVDC Protection Engineer you will work within a team of HVDC project management and engineering specialists to design and deliver full HVDC control and protection solutions for both wind farm grid connections and interconnectors making use of a new transient network analysis laboratory located in Manchester.
You will report to the Engineering Manager – HVDC C&P and will be required to provide engineering work packages in line with project and business objectives.
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Your responsibilities
- Responsibility for the preparation of quotations, as well as for the engineering phase, performance and customer acceptance tests. Support during the commissioning phase from Manchester up to handover to the customer.
- Development of DC protection concepts of self-guided multilevel converters with half-bridge and full-bridge modules for different applications such as symmetrical monopole, bipole, offshore connections or multi-terminal systems.
- Performance of protection coordination studies of HVDC systems using the simulation tool PSCAD/EMTDC, including determination of DC protection settings and preparation of study report.
- Programming the software of DC protection and Measurement system in MATLAB/SIMULINK and CFC on the SIMATIC TDC multiprocessor automation system and PLUSCONTROL platform.
- Functional and Performance testing: Model-Based-Testing (MBT) in SIMULINK and Hardware in the Loop (HiL) with Real-Time Simulation Systems (RTDS).
- Customer training and acceptance tests as well as submission of lessons learned for improvement as a central contact person for your project as a protection engineer.
- Support in research and development topics for HVDC projects and first point of contact for troubleshooting and after sales.
Your skills and qualifications
- University degree in electrical engineering or a comparable field of study; ideally a doctorate in the field of protection technology
- Experience in the areas of control and protection, especially in the development of DC protection concepts for HVDC, FACTS or large-scale converter applications
- Experience in software engineering and testing of SRS systems (open/closed loop controls and system dynamics) and very good knowledge of MATLAB/SIMULINK, ideally in connection with real-time and embedded software
- Solid knowledge in modelling and simulation studies with the industrial power system program PSCAD/EMTDC
- Ideally knowledge of Git for version control, IEC61850 and data modelling as well as Simatic Manager and CFC
- A fluent English speaker and writer with German preferable.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills for result-oriented and creative development of our projects, focus on high quality execution of our solutions
Let’s talk about us
"Let’s make tomorrow different today" is our genuine commitment at Siemens Energy to all customers and employees on the way to a sustainable, CO2 neutral future.
Our Grid Solutions business offers customers a broad portfolio of products, systems, solutions, and services geared around the key market trends of digitalization, decarbonization, grid stability and electrification. Our people are the drivers behind this. With expertise, passion and commitment, we are working to transmit energy as efficiently and environmentally friendly as possible. Sound interesting? Join us and help make the difference.
Our HVDC Control and Protection team designs, implements, and verifies the hardware and software for innovative HVDC applications using lean and agile methods. Our diverse and multinational teams are working closely together with project management, system and equipment engineering, as well as with end customers to provide customized solutions based on the latest innovations in HVDC technology.
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Our benefits package includes a competitive base salary and annual bonus. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you. We offer 26 days holiday (which increases with service), up to 10% pension contribution match, an excellent company share scheme and employee discounts just to name a few. We encourage the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.