R&D Engineer - Digital Substations & Protection

Siemens Energy; Fatih; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global project exposure

Flexible work arrangements

Paid holidays and parental leave

Continual learning through Learn@SiEMs

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking an R&D Engineer - Protection and Testing to develop and validate protection, automation, and control solutions for high-voltage digital substations. You will translate requirements into testable functionalities, collaborating with R&D, embedded software, hardware, and project teams.

Responsibilities include defining requirements and verification plans, configuring protection interfaces, and performing validation and FAT preparation with a focus on Siemens Energy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, power systems, automation, embedded systems, or a comparable field.
• Several years of experience with high-voltage substations, protection systems, automation and control systems, or secondary equipment applications.
• Strong knowledge of digital substation engineering, testing, and commissioning, including IEC 61850, station bus, process bus, merging units, GOOSE, and sampled values.
• Hands-on experience with functional testing, system integration testing, test automation, simulation environments, and verification of protection and automation applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and validate protection concepts, protection algorithms, automation functions, and control logic for digital substation applications.
• Define functional requirements, test cases, acceptance criteria, and verification plans for protection, automation, and control functionalities.
• Configure, simulate, and test protection-related prototypes, automation functions, and control interfaces in line with system and software requirements.
• Perform functional validation, integration testing, system-level testing, and FAT preparation for protection and automation applications.
• Work with hardware, embedded software, and system architects to ensure protection applications are clearly specified and verified.
• Analyze test results, defects, and field feedback, and support troubleshooting and corrective actions with development teams.
• Configure and test IEC 61850 station bus and process bus solutions, including protection IEDs, merging units, GOOSE, sampled values, and related interfaces.
• Support project execution during engineering, FAT, commissioning preparation, and technical clarification with customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

C

C++

Python

Functional testing

System integration testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Automation or Embedded Systems

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Siemens Energy is seeking an R&D Engineer - Protection and Testing to develop and validate protection, automation, and control solutions for high-voltage digital substations. You will translate requirements into testable functionalities, collaborating with R&D, embedded software, hardware, and project teams.

Responsibilities include defining requirements and verification plans, configuring protection interfaces, and performing validation and FAT preparation with a focus on Siemens Energy