Consulting Engineer – HVDC Control & Protection Platform

GE Vernova; Issy-les-Moulineaux; Sur place; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading energy firm in France is seeking a Consulting Engineer for HVDC Control & Protection Platform. This role involves providing technical leadership and driving innovations within HVDC systems. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree and significant experience in high power electronics, along with strong mentorship skills. Competitive compensation and a full-time position are offered.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in control and protection systems.
• Proven experience in high power electronics and networking systems.
• Ability to mentor other engineers.

Responsabilités

• Act as a technical authority in HVDC control & protection platform solutions.
• Lead various R&D programmes from conception to industrialisation.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop strategic roadmaps.

Connaissances

High power electronics

Optical communication

Networking systems

PCB design

Software design

FMEA

Lean manufacturing principles

Interfacing with high-voltage equipment

Formation

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Outils

EMC design tools

FPGA design tools

Description du poste

Consulting Engineer – HVDC Control & Protection Platform

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The energy transition drives an unprecedented growth in demand for and generation of electricity. To accommodate this growth, the capacity of transmission system is projected to grow three‑fold. High voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems will play a key role in connecting remote and offshore renewables, interconnecting energy markets and reinforcing AC grids. Converter stations are required to convert AC to DC and vice versa. The brain of such converter stations are the control and protection systems which, among other things, ensure efficient, safe, and reliable operation of the power electronic valves and peripheral equipment. GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration business line offers control and protection solutions for both voltage sourced converter (VSC) as well as line commutated converter (LCC) HVDC valve technologies to meet the transmission planning needs of utilities, system operators, developers and industrial clients worldwide. The control & protection algorithms are required on dedicated state‑of‑the‑art digital hardware platforms which ensure signal processing capability, connectivity, and cyber security.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a recognized technical authority in HVDC control & protection platform solutions both internally and externally, and act as technical advisor to senior leadership levels.
• Actively contribute to and drive both internal and external standardization, coordinate working group activities and proactively represent GE Vernova in IEC/CIGRE and similar professional bodies, task forces and industry committees.
• Stay abreast of, collect and internally communicate state‑of‑the‑art technology developments in HVDC control & protection platform technologies and applications.
• Gather external information to determine future market needs.
• Work with external parties to identify new requirements, products and solutions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop and maintain a strategic HVDC control & protection platform technology roadmap.
• Suggest areas for technological advancement and recommend approaches/programs to pursue.
• Evaluating and championing innovative ideas.
• Contribute to Intellectual Property management in terms of:
  • The creation of patents.
  • Participating in patent evaluation board.
  • The review of patents to ensure freedom to operate.
  • Mentoring other engineers in the patenting process.
• Oversee various R&D programmes from conception through to industrialisation, integrating new technology smoothly into production and ensuring successful project delivery.
• Chair and act as technical authority in technology and product development gate reviews.
• Collaborate and promote technology synergies across GE Vernova businesses of Power Conversion Systems, Grid Automation and Power Technology, utilizing shared expertise and resources.
• Support the commercial teams with their technical business development and sales.
• Support supply chain and procurement departments with technical expertise.
• Lead/support study teams addressing identified project challenges in focused technical areas.
• Lead/support the development of technical proposals to collaborate on the development of new technologies, functions and applications sponsored by external funding bodies.
• Support project technical tendering and delivery in the introduction of new solutions.
• Support the quality teams on major quality issues and act as technical authority in root cause analysis processes.
• Act as technical authority in competence management.
  • Identify and recommend improvements in specific discipline knowledge or technical training needs.
  • Contribute to creating structured training plans and associated training material.
  • Delivering training.
  • Mentor others to deliver training.
  • Act as technical authority in competence assessments of senior and principal engineers.
• Lead/support the creation and presentation of conference papers and act as a validator to ensure that papers prepared by others are relevant, correct and of a high standard.
• Act as a knowledge ambassador, providing technical education to external universities.
• Consult with and support the Chief Engineer’s Office in executing the office’s technical objectives to implement best practice technologies and methods.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in the product development, manufacturing, maintenance of cost‑effective, low volume, high availability, high reliability, high performance, large‑scale, real‑time control and protection systems and interfacing to the high‑voltage measurement devices, switchgear and other equipment within the harsh electrical and physical environments that typically exist within high‑voltage switchyards, or similar environments, across the world.
• Knowledge, proven experience and an in‑depth understanding of:
  • High power electronics and switching techniques.
  • Optical communication.
  • Large and small scale networking systems operation, design and security.
  • Cabinets design and manufacture.
  • High‑speed PCB design and manufacture.
  • FPGA design and test.
  • Software design test.
  • Operating systems and machine code.
  • EMC design and test methods.
  • Testing, verification and validation strategies for HVDC control & protection platforms.
  • Safety by design.
  • FMEA.
  • Product management for long operational life systems.
  • Lean manufacturing principles.
  • Acting as mentor, including to principal engineers.
  • Research and development in power electronics control & protection platforms.
  • System engineering approach towards identifying platform design choices which optimise and derisk site installation and commissioning.
  • Future developments in HVDC control & protection platforms e.g. further digitalisation, centralisation and virtualisation.
  • HVDC control & protection platform market and supply chain.
  • Overview of and active involvement in pre‑standardisation and standardisation initiatives for HVDC control & protection platforms in international bodies such as IEEE, IEC and CIGRE.
  • Understanding of typical relevant regulatory frameworks, grid codes and standards applicable to the realisation of HVDC control & protection platforms.
  • Familiarity with typical power system planning strategies, processes and studies.
  • HVDC control & protection platform pros and cons, and the ability to develop a business case for different HVDC control & protection platform technologies based on a lifetime performance, costs and benefits analysis.
  • Familiarity with patent evaluation, application and management.
  • Open to regular business travel.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Leadership to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions.
• Able to interface and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Considered an industry expert and thought leader in the HVDC control & protection platform engineering discipline.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Electric Power Generation