Commissioning Engineer for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) - DC Protection

Siemens Energy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Commissioning Engineer (f/m/d) for HVDC Transmission to join our Protection Team. You will test, verify, and commission Control & Protection hardware and software across worldwide test centers and customer sites.

You will trace issues, support software engineering, and lead Functional and Dynamic Performance Tests, including Customer Acceptance Tests, while traveling for long-term site assignments globally.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or energy technology required.
• Knowledge of MATLAB/SIMULINK for testing and integration.
• Experience with Siemens SIMATIC TDC/S7 or similar grid protection systems is desirable.
• HVDC systems experience or commissioning experience preferred.
• Fluent English; willingness for worldwide travel and long-term site assignments.
• Good communication, teamwork, and proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Advance HVDC projects to successful completion with customers.
• Conduct integration testing and functional tests of control and protection hardware/software.
• Trace bugs and support software engineering in debugging.
• Execute and document Functional Performance Tests (FPT) and Dynamic Performance Tests (DPT).
• Coordinate commissioning of measuring and protection systems at customer sites.
• Support commissioning management in quality, risk, and claim management.

Skills

Electrical engineering degree

MATLAB/SIMULINK testing

Siemens SIMATIC TDC/S7

HVDC systems knowledge

Grid protection systems

Travel willingness

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in electrical engineering or energy technology

Tools

MATLAB

SIMATIC TDC/S7

Job description

Commissioning Engineer (f/m/d) for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission

• DC Protection (DCP)

A Snapshot of Your Day

In our HVDC Protection Team, we are testing and verifying the hardware and software for our innovative HVDC Projects in our Test Center and ensure proper functionality and good quality of our HVDC Plants worldwide during commissioning. Our diverse and multinational teams are working closely together with project management, engineering as well as with end customers to provide customized solutions based on the latest innovations in HVDC technology.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• You will actively advance the Energy Transition by bringing our HVDC projects to a successful completion with our customers.
• You are part of a project team in Integration Testing and you carry out Functional Tests of the Control & Protection hardware and software in one of our test centers.
• You independently trace bugs and support our Software Engineering in debugging.
• You are responsible for the execution and documentation of the Functional Performance Tests (FPT) and Dynamic Performance Tests (DPT) of the HVDC System, including Customer Acceptance Tests in one of our test centers.
• You will be responsible for the commissioning of the Measuring System, the DC Protection System and the Transient Fault Recorder for our HVDC Projects as a part of a highly motivated team, at our customers sites worldwide.
• You will support our Commissioning Management in Quality, Risk and Claim Management and you actively participate in our improvement programs.

What You Bring

• Completed degree in electrical engineering, energy technology or comparable education/ qualification.
• Good knowledge in one or more of the following areas: project planning and testing via MATLAB/SIMULINK, Siemens SIMATIC TDC/S7, CFC, grid protection systems.
• Knowledge or ideally working experience in the field of Electrical Engineering and Commissioning of Electrical Power Stations or HVDC Systems.
• Knowledge in Current- and Voltage Measuring devices and other primary equipment.
• Fluent English language skills, further language skills are very welcome.
• Willingness for worldwide business trips and mainly long-term assignments on construction sites in Germany and abroad, as well as optional assignments on offshore platforms.
• Teamplayer, communicative, proactive, positive handling of conflicts, decision-making capability.

Your opportunities for personal growth

• Development as Commissioning Manager
• Development as Technical Expert
• Development in Project Management

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.

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.