High Voltage DC Control Specialist

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Siemens Energy Full time

About the Role

As a Control and Protection Engineer for HVDC Studies, 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. You will make 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.

Your Responsibilities

  • Dynamic performance studies within tender and project execution of HVDC projects
  • Optimizing the dynamic behaviour of the HVDC converter (black-start and network restoration, grid forming controls, multi-terminal systems) according to customer and national grid code requirements
  • Analysing sub-synchronous torsional/control interactions and the harmonic converter impedance, as well as potential interactions between the HVDC converter and other controlled devices in the power system
  • Developing and validating simulation models for diverse EMT simulation tools (PSCAD/EMTDC, Matlab/Simulink, EMTP-RV)
  • Customer trainings for simulation models and presentation of study results to customer
  • Continuous improvement and standardization of simulation models, study procedures and methods, processes in project execution as well as documentation of results
  • Supporting the project management in technical discussions, participating in customer meetings, and coordinating external partners

Your Skills and Qualifications

  • University degree in electrical power engineering or control engineering in combination with PhD degree and experience in power engineering industry
  • Good knowledge in high voltage applications, power transmission systems, power electronics and HVDC technology
  • Expertise in control engineering and modelling of HVDC systems in the time domain and frequency domain
  • Professional user of typical power system simulation programs (PSCAD/EMTDC, Matlab/Simulink, EMTP-RV)
  • Fluent English mandatory (spoken and written), German preferable
  • Outstanding team skills, initiative, and customer orientation

About Us

Siemens Energy is committed to a sustainable, CO2-neutral future. Our Transmission Division 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.

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.



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