Grid Code Compliance Lead for Power Systems

Danfoss; Vaasa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Danfoss Drives Oy is seeking a Grid Code Certifications Specialist to own grid-code compliance and certification across power-conversion products and systems. You will translate complex requirements into practical product actions, spanning software, hardware, and controls for reliable grid connection.

You will lead verification activities, engage with TSOs/DSOs, cert bodies, and customers, and influence roadmaps with a hands-on, engineering-first approach in a global energy ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related technical field.
• Experience in grid-code compliance, power-system studies, renewable energy, energy storage, converter-based generation, or grid-connected power-electronics development.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Grid-code compliance

Power systems engineering

Power electronics

Analytical skills

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Power Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PSCAD

PSSeE

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

Job description

Danfoss Drives Oy is seeking a Grid Code Certifications Specialist to own grid-code compliance and certification across power-conversion products and systems. You will translate complex requirements into practical product actions, spanning software, hardware, and controls for reliable grid connection.

You will lead verification activities, engage with TSOs/DSOs, cert bodies, and customers, and influence roadmaps with a hands-on, engineering-first approach in a global energy ecosystem.