Senior Control & Protection System Application Engineer

Jobtailor; Dadri; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in India seeks a senior HVDC Controls & Protection engineer with at least 12 years of experience to lead design and development of HVDC systems. You will guide projects, mentor engineers, and drive technical excellence across global assignments.

You will work with customers, review critical documents, and perform dynamic performance studies using PSCAD and MATLAB-SIMULINK, ensuring grid stability and robust protection strategies. Travel to support worldwide projects is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in control and protection system design.
• Expertise in HVDC control, protection and sequencing strategy.
• Willingness to travel globally to support projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall requirement, design, and development of HVDC control and protection systems.
• Coach and develop department talent.
• Review technical documents and provide guidance.
• Engage with customers and provide training.
• Conduct dynamic performance studies and simulations.
• Drive program delivery speed and reliability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Client relationship

Project management

Training & mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Electronics Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSCAD

MATLAB-SIMULINK

Job description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading overall requirement, design, implementation, and development of the HVDC Control & Protection system
• Develop organizational talent
• Engineering process management
• Provide technical guidance and design guidance
• Drive consistent design practices and common global processes for projects
• Review and approve technical documents
• Customer interface and training
• Plant modelling in various simulation tools and its verification
• Dynamic Performance Studies (DPS) and other design studies
• Control and protection parameters tuning to meet grid stability criteria
• Support the business’ Tendering, Operations, Contractual and After Sales needs
• Provide technical guidance for moderate complexity projects
• Play a key role in engineering design reviews and technical leadership
• Responsible for coaching and developing department talent
• Lead small projects with low risks and resources
• Continuously improve product delivery speed, stability and reliability.

Requirements

• Degree in Electronics/Electrical engineering or proven equivalent knowledge and experience in HVDC business
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in control and protection system design
• Expertise in HVDC Control, Protection and Sequencing strategy
• Expertise in PSCAD and MATLAB-SIMULINK simulation tools
• Expertise in HVDC Dynamic Performance Studies
• Experienced in technical leadership.
• Must be flexible with working hours and willing to travel in order to support projects global
• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, ownership of technical discussions with customers and capable of developing client relationships.

Certifications & Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering
• Degree in Electrical Engineering