Senior Engineer - Electrical Design

ENERCON; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Enercon in Bengaluru, India, seeks an electrical engineer to lead grounding, earthing and lightning protection for wind turbine systems. You will develop single-line diagrams, perform risk assessments per IEC 62305, and define shielding and filtering standards to ensure safe operation.

You will collaborate with global teams on design reviews, document electrical circuits, and participate in agile development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in an engineering field.
• Experience in grounding/earthing systems & equipotential bonding, lightning protection zones, medium voltage systems.
• Wind domain experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with IEC 62305, IEC 61439, IEC 60204, IEC 61400-24 and Machinery Directive 2006/42/EG.
• Experience in design of electrical systems and verification/validation including testing.
• Proficient with ePlan or Electrical CAD; PLM tools; willingness to learn more.

Responsibilities

• Accompany creation of single line diagrams and earthing overview diagrams.
• Analyze design requirements for equipotential bonding and earthing schemes.
• Conduct lightning risk assessment per IEC 62305.
• Define design standards for shielding, grounding, and filtering.
• Work on grounding, EMC and Lightning Protection for turbine and electrical system.
• Support Engineering Change Orders and supplier problem sheets.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and global teams.
• Contribute to preliminary and critical design/topology reviews.
• Specify verification/validation activities for electrical systems.
• Compile technical parameters and reports on electrical components.
• Participate in concept/feasibility studies and agile development teams.
• Develop and review electrotechnical diagrams and documentation.

Skills

Grounding & Earthing

Equipotential Bonding

Lightning Protection

EMC & Electrical Systems

Wind turbine electrical design

Problem solving

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Power Engineering

Tools

ePlan

Electrical CAD

PLM tools

Job description

Your tasks:

• Accompanying the creation of single line diagram, earthing overview diagrams, analysing the design requirements especially for equipotential bonding and earthing schemes.
• Lightning risk assessment and evaluation as per IEC 62305.
• Establishing design standards for shielding, grounding, and filtering.
• Working on Grounding, EMC and Lightning Protection for the entire turbine and electrical system.
• Supporting Engineering Change Order and supplier problem sheets.
• Knowledge on Quality tools for product development and assessment.
• Qualification of electrical systems, sub-systems, and components.
• Extensive collaboration with internal/external stakeholders.
• You will work closely with the global team of highly qualified professionals. You will also collaborate and have extensive contact with other departments, as various projects are staffed with multi-disciplinary experts in the company.
• Early contribution to preliminary & critical design and topology reviews
• Defining and specifying verification and validation activities of electrical systems.
• Compile technical parameter of electrical components and prepare reports on existing or potential electrical components Development.
• Collaboration in concept and feasibility studies.
• Collaboration in agile development teams.
• Development of comprehensive electrotechnical circuit documentation.
• Review of circuit diagrams and related documentation.

Your qualifications:

• Bachelor degree with relevant engineering field.
• Experience in grounding / earthing system & equipotential bonding, lightening protection zones, medium voltage systems.
• Experience in wind domain should be an added advantage.
• Experience with standard:
  • IEC 62305 – Lighting Protection Standard.
  • IEC 61439 - Safety requirements for low-voltage switchgear and control gear
  • IEC 60204 – 1 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines
  • IEC 61400-24 – Wind energy generation systems: Lightning protection
  • Machinery Directive 2006/42/EG.
• Experience with design of electrical systems
• Experience with verification and validation of electrical system components including type testing
• ePlan or electrical CAD experience.
• Proficient in using PLM tools.
• Experience in using or desire to learn the required software/tools.
• Proactive and self – assured.
• Flexibility and efficient working attitude.
• Team player but ability to work independently.