Grid Code Certifications Specialist

Danfoss; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Danfoss Drives Oy seeks a Grid Code Certifications Specialist to own grid-code compliance and certification across power-electronics products. You will translate requirements into actionable engineering activities, lead verification from simulations to hardware-in-the-loop tests, and collaborate with customers, certification bodies, and external partners.

Your work supports renewable energy, energy storage, data centers, and industrial power systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in grid-code compliance or grid-connected power electronics.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, English fluency.

Responsibilities

• Translate international, national, and grid-operator requirements into product and testing requirements.
• Lead verification and certification activities from simulations to hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Review converter behavior and test results to identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Shape grid-code strategy and product direction based on evolving regulations and standards.
• Collaborate with customers, TSOs/DSOs, certification bodies, and engineering teams for grid-connection approvals.

Skills

Grid-code compliance

Analytical thinking

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PSCAD

PSS®E

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

Job description

Employment Type: Full Time

Segment: Danfoss Power Electronics and Drives Segment

Job Category: R&D, Technology and Engineering

Work Location Type: Hybrid

Job Experience Level: Associate

Grid Code Certifications Specialist

Req ID: 52377 Job Location: Helsinki, FI, Tampere, FI, Vaasa, FI Employment Type: Full Time Segment: Danfoss Power Electronics and Drives Segment Job Category: R&D, Technology and Engineering Work Location Type: Hybrid Job Experience Level: Associate Job Description

The Impact You'll Make

Join Danfoss Drives Oy and help shape how advanced power-conversion products and system solutions connect reliably to power systems worldwide. As our Grid Code Certifications Specialist, you’ll take technical ownership of grid-code compliance and certification, turning complex requirements into practical solutions that work in real power systems.

You’ll contribute to technologies supporting renewable energy, energy storage, data centers, marine electrification, and industrial power systems. Your expertise will help influence product roadmaps and solve complex grid-integration challenges.

This role combines hands‑on compliance engineering with technical leadership. You’ll work across product development and collaborate with customers, grid operators, certification bodies, consultants, and other external partners.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead grid-code compliance engineering by translating international, national, and grid-operator requirements into clear requirements for products, software, hardware, controls, simulation, validation, and testing.
• Drive verification and certification activities from gap assessments and simulation through hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and laboratory testing, coordinating the technical evidence needed for certification and customer acceptance.
• Assess performance and resolve compliance challenges by reviewing converter behaviour, controls, simulation models, and test results, then working with development and validation teams to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Shape grid-code strategy and product direction by monitoring evolving regulations and industry requirements and using these insights to guide product functionality, simulation models, validation capabilities, and certification roadmaps.
• Lead technical collaboration with customers, transmission and distribution system operators (TSOs/DSOs), certification bodies, consultants, laboratories, sales, and engineering teams to support grid-connection approvals and strategic customer opportunities.

What We're Looking For

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, Control Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Grid integration and power-conversion expertise: Experience in grid-code compliance, power-system engineering or studies, renewable energy, energy storage, converter-based generation, certification, or grid-connected power-electronics development.
• Strong understanding of converter and grid behaviour: Knowledge of voltage and frequency support, active and reactive power control, fault ride-through, dynamic grid support, power quality, protection, and grid-following or grid-forming operation.
• Simulation, validation, and standards knowledge: Practical familiarity with tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, PSCAD, PSS®E, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, or equivalent, alongside relevant grid requirements such as EN 50549, ENTSO-E requirements, VDE-AR-N, IEEE 1547, UL 1741 SB, or national TSO/DSO codes. You don’t need experience with every standard, but you should be comfortable analyzing new requirements and translating them into engineering actions.
• Technical ownership and communication: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prepare credible technical evidence and turn complex regulatory and engineering topics into clear recommendations for engineering teams, customers, certification organizations, consultants, and grid operators. Excellent written and spoken English is essential.

What You'll Get from Us

At Danfoss, you’ll contribute to technologies that accelerate electrification and support a more sustainable energy future. You’ll collaborate with experts in power electronics, grid integration, energy storage, renewable energy, simulation, and power-system compliance, with opportunities to influence products used across global markets.

This role gives you significant technical ownership and opportunities to expand your expertise through challenging projects, mentoring, training, knowledge sharing, and collaboration with global customers, grid operators, and certification organizations.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about grid integration and want to help solve some of the technical challenges behind the energy transition, we’d love to hear from you. You don’t need to meet every possible requirement to apply. If your experience gives you a strong foundation for this role and you’re motivated to grow your expertise with us, we encourage you to start the conversation.

For further information about the position, please contact:Soumya Das, Senior Manager, Simulations & ControlTel. [phone]

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.