Lead BESS Electrical Design Engineer

Volvo Group; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Energy is seeking a Lead BESS Electrical Design Engineer to shape electrical design solutions for turnkey Battery Energy Storage Systems and bring future offers to market.

You will work with customers, grid owners, suppliers and cross-functional teams to deliver safe, compliant, and buildable designs for energy transition projects, ensuring high quality and efficiency across future deployments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent knowledge gained through professional experience.
• Experience with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
• Experience in electrical design for power, energy, industrial, or utility-scale projects.
• Experience with protection systems, grid connection, controls, metering, and electrical safety.
• Experience producing electrical design documentation in AutoCAD or similar.
• Understanding of HV, MV, and LV systems, earthing, lightning protection, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Self-motivated, structured, and solution-oriented, with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, suppliers, contractors, consultants, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain the complete BESS site design package in AutoCAD, including single-line diagrams, site layouts, cable sizing and routing, cable schedules, and equipment lists.
• Define the protection philosophy and settings and coordinate protection interfaces across the BESS, site, and grid connection.
• Design earthing and lightning protection systems.
• Define the metering strategy, including metering points, equipment, and grid owner and revenue-metering requirements.
• Support in the plant control and communication strategy covering interfaces between PCS, EMS/PPC, SCADA, grid operator, and aggregator.
• Define the civil works requirements and subcontractor scope.
• Prepare the technical content of procurement packages and review supplier documentation and designs for compliance.
• Act as BAS-P for projects where assigned.
• Support site activities and commissioning when required and approve or produce the final as-built documentation.
• Develop reusable design standards and validated solutions to improve quality and efficiency across future projects.

Skills

Battery energy storage

Electrical design

Protection systems

Grid connection

Metering

HV/MV/LV systems

Project collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

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Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Volvo Energy is a young company in the Volvo Group which supports customers in the electrical energy transition. Volvo Energy develops and commercializes competitive Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and provides customers with reliable solutions which optimize energy costs, operational resilience, and renewable energy integration.

We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team at Volvo Energy as Lead BESS Electrical Design Engineer.

What are we looking for in this specific role?

In this role, we are looking for an experienced electrical design engineer passionate about electrification and energy transition. You will play a key role in developing electrical design solutions for BESS turnkey projects and bringing our future products and offers to market.

You are a structured and solution-oriented team player who works effectively with customers, grid owners, suppliers, consultants, contractors, and cross-functional project teams to deliver safe, compliant, and buildable solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Produce and maintain the complete BESS site design package in AutoCAD, including single-line diagrams, site layouts, cable sizing and routing, cable schedules, and equipment lists.


• Define the protection philosophy and settings and coordinate protection interfaces across the BESS, site, and grid connection.


• Design earthing and lightning protection systems.


• Define the metering strategy, including metering points, equipment, and grid owner and revenue-metering requirements.


• Support in the plant control and communication strategy covering interfaces between PCS, EMS/PPC, SCADA, grid operator, and aggregator.


• Define the civil works requirements and subcontractor scope.


• Prepare the technical content of procurement packages and review supplier documentation and designs for compliance.


• Act as BAS-P for projects where assigned.


• Support site activities and commissioning when required and approve or produce the final as-built documentation.


• Develop reusable design standards and validated solutions to improve quality and efficiency across future projects.

Who are you?

Expected qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent knowledge gained through professional experience.


• Experience with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).


• Experience in electrical design for power, energy, industrial, or utility-scale projects.


• Experience with protection systems, grid connection, controls, metering, and electrical safety.


• Experience producing electrical design documentation in AutoCAD or similar.


• Understanding of HV, MV, and LV systems, earthing, lightning protection, and applicable compliance requirements.


• Self-motivated, structured, and solution-oriented, with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, suppliers, contractors, consultants, and internal teams.

Meriting:

• Experience acting as BAS-P.

Ready for the next move?

Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you.

Feel free to contact me if you have further questions

Mohmmed Koufahi, Head of Solutions Engineering, [e-mail]

As part of the recruitment process, a background check as well as alcohol and drug testing may be conducted. You will be informed if applicable.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

Volvo Energy lives and leads the change in accelerating Volvo Group’s electrification journey and driving circularity for a better tomorrow. We bring together people with who will work in a highly diverse, equal and inclusive global context with an entrepreneurial spirit where everyone is key and directly contributes to achieving our ambitions for wanted position: better for people – better for planet – better for business. Together – from individual success to collective significance!

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead,we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.