R&D Engineer - Protection and Testing

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

A Snapshot of Your Day

As R&D Engineer - Protection and Testing, you will play an important role in developing and validating protection, automation, and control solutions for high-voltage digital substations. In this role, you will help turn technical requirements into reliable, testable, and project-ready functionalities, covering protection concepts, IEC 61850-based architectures, automation logic, and control interfaces. You will work closely with R&D, embedded software, hardware, project execution, and project management teams to ensure our solutions meet technical, quality, and customer requirements.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• 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 factory acceptance test preparation for protection and automation applications.
• Work with hardware, embedded software, and system architects to ensure protection applications and software interfaces are clearly specified, implemented, and verified.
• Analyze test results, defects, and field feedback, and support troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions together with development and project teams.
• Configure and test IEC 61850 station bus and process bus solutions, including protection IEDs, merging units, GOOSE, sampled values, and related automation interfaces.
• Support project execution teams during engineering, FAT, commissioning preparation, and technical clarification with customers and internal stakeholders.

What You Bring

• 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.
• Good understanding of transmission and distribution systems, including protection concepts, protection logic, automation functions, and control functionalities.
• Hands‑on experience with functional testing, system integration testing, test automation, simulation environments, and verification of protection and automation applications.
• Experience with modelling, simulation, or scripting using tools and languages such as MATLAB/Simulink, C, C++, Python, or comparable environments.
• Familiarity with embedded software development principles, including requirements breakdown, software interfaces, real‑time constraints, debugging, version control, and software‑in‑the‑loop or hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.

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.siemensenergy.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.

Rewards/Benefits

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
• Access to a variety of employee resource groups

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