Control Engineer for Optimization and Validation

Siemens Gamesa; Zamudio; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International environment

Career growth

Diverse work culture

Meaningful projects

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Senior Control Engineer to shape wind power technology by tuning, optimizing, and validating control systems for turbines. You will collaborate with an international team of engineers across loads and aerodynamics, ensuring peak performance throughout the lifecycle.

Responsibilities include technical ownership of tuning and validation, developing robust control strategies, planning SIL simulations, and supporting field validation of prototypes and fleet turbines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Proven experience in control tuning, optimization, and validation for wind turbines or similar dynamics.
• Strong knowledge of control theory and system dynamics to balance energy production and loads.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink and simulation-based verification.
• Self-starter with excellent communication in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Take technical responsibility for tuning, optimizing, and validating wind turbine control systems.
• Collaborate with functionality teams to identify and evaluate improvements to control strategies.
• Tune and optimize control parameters for various turbine types and operating conditions.
• Plan and execute software-in-the-loop simulations to validate control functionalities and parameter settings.
• Support commissioning and field validation of prototypes and fleet turbines.

Skills

Control tuning

Optimization

Validation

MATLAB

Simulink

Control theory

System dynamics

Global teamwork

Communication

Education

Control/Automation Engineering degree

Equivalent experience

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic team at Siemens Energy as a Senior Control Engineer, where your expertise will play a crucial role in shaping the future of wind power technology! Imagine tuning, optimizing, and validating control systems for cutting-edge wind turbines, ensuring they operate at peak performance throughout their lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with a talented international team of engineers, gaining insights from various disciplines such as loads and aerodynamics. Your contributions will directly enhance the competitiveness of our products, making a significant impact on the wind energy sector.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• You will take technical responsibility for tuning, optimizing, and validating wind turbine control systems, balancing energy production, mechanical loads, and operational availability


• Collaborate with functionality development teams to identify and evaluate improvements to control strategies, enhancing turbine performance and reliability.


• Tune and optimize control parameters for various turbine types and operating conditions, ensuring stability and robustness across the defined operating envelope.


• Plan and execute software-in-the-loop simulations to validate control functionalities and parameter settings against performance and safety requirements.


• Support the commissioning and field validation of prototypes and fleet turbines, analyzing operational data to verify compliance with design specifications.

What You Bring

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Control and Automation, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering, or possess equivalent relevant experience.


• You have proven experience in control system tuning, optimization, and validation, ideally within the wind turbine sector or similar dynamic systems.


• Your strong understanding of control theory and system dynamics allows you to assess trade-offs between energy production and mechanical loads effectively.


• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink is essential, along with hands‑on experience in simulation‑based verification and diagnosing control‑related issues.


• You are a self‑starter with excellent communication skills, capable of thriving in a global team environment and articulating technical findings clearly.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• The opportunity to work in an exciting international environment on meaningful projects.


• International environment


• Career growth and development opportunities


• Supportive diverse work culture!


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