System Studies Engineer – HVDC Control & Protection

Opis stanowiska

As a Control & Protection Engineer for HVDC Studies you will work within a team of HVDC project management and engineering specialists to design and deliver full HVDC control and protection solutions for both wind farm grid connections and interconnectors making use of a new transient network analysis laboratory located in Manchester.  

You will report to the Engineering Manager – HVDC C&P and will be required to provide engineering work packages in line with project and business objectives.  

How You’ll Make an Impact 

• Dynamic performance studies within tender and project execution of HVDC projects  

• Optimizing the dynamic behaviour of the HVDC converter (e.g., black-start and network restoration, grid forming controls, multi-terminal systems) according to customer and national grid code requirements  

• Analysing sub-synchronous torsional/control interactions and the harmonic converter impedance, as well as potential interactions between the HVDC converter and other controlled devices in the power system  

• Developing and validating simulation models for diverse EMT simulation tools (e.g., PSCAD/EMTDC, Matlab/Simulink, EMTP-RV)  

• Customer trainings for simulation models and presentation of study results to customer  

• Continuous improvement and standardization of simulation models, study procedures and methods, processes in project execution as well as documentation of results  

• Supporting the project management in technical discussions, participating in customer meetings, and coordinating external partners  

What You Bring 

• University degree in electrical power engineering or control engineering in combination with PhD degree and experience in power engineering industry  

• Good knowledge in high voltage applications, power transmission systems, power electronics and HVDC technology  

• Expertise in control engineering and modelling of HVDC systems in the time domain and frequency domain  

• Professional user of typical power system simulation programs (e.g., PSCAD/EMTDC, Matlab/Simulink, EMTP-RV)  

• Fluent English mandatory (spoken and written), German preferable