Senior System Design Engineer - HVDC

Description

This role is designed to interpret the customer’s technical enquiry and to design the most cost-effective overall solution for an HVDC installation utilizing the power electronics solutions, aiming to minimising the total cost, and to specify the main (high-value) items of bought-out equipment for HVDC Projects. The successful candidate will also be involved in the development and industrialisation of tools and processes and will have technical knowledge and experience in the field of power system engineering (academic and professional)

As part of the role, the candidate will be required to represent GE in front of external stakeholders such as clients, third party suppliers, professional bodies (IEC, Cigré, etc). You will also interact with GE stakeholders within the HVDC business and the wider GE renewables organisation. The candidate will also have the opportunity to develop innovative ideas and publish their work internationally in scientific papers.

• Determine the temporary and transient overvoltage stresses on HV equipment and provide the protective level requirements for the surge arresters.
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Proactively identifies and manages risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.
• Determination (by simulation) of temporary and transient overvoltage stresses on equipment and surge arrester energy ratings.
• Insulation Coordination Studies
• Develop an integrated scheme design that meets the Customer’s needs, by developing requirements on the ratings and functionalities of the different HVDC system’s subsystems, in an optimised and cost-effective manner.
• Actively and routinely promote the identification of hazards and near misses to their team/s.
• Manage the lifecycle of high economic value High Voltage equipment such as power transformers, instrument transformers, reactors, capacitors, and surge arresters, covering the development of its requirements, specification, supplier management and the validation and verification (testing) of design, manufacturing and commissioning.
• Conducting AC and DC harmonic performance and harmonic stability studies for HVDC converter stations for VSC and LCC HVDC schemes. Radio Frequency Interference studies and Electromagnetic Compatibility studies. Power Line Carrier Interference studies and filters. Design of AC, DC, and High Frequency harmonic filters and screening. Calculations of filter performance and rating. Creation of project-specific equipment specifications for filter reactors/capacitors/resistors.
• Set the example by demonstrating the proper acts and actively observe work conditions and behaviours, giving constructive feedback and celebrating EHS effective prevention.
• Routinely observe routines and behaviours of others and provide immediate feedback regarding unsafe behaviour and celebrates achievements or safe behaviours.
• Identify and evaluate EHS risks in own area and implement practical measures.
• Acquisition and Supply: Generation of work products associated with acquiring or providing products or services.
• Report or resolve any non-conformances in a timely manner.
• Create, verify, and validate the electrical power losses models for HVDC systems and subsystems, providing insight to customers and leaders and managing the risks, issues and opportunities that affect the systems throughout their lifecycle.
• Create, verify, and validate the reliability, availability and maintainability models for HVDC systems and subsystems, providing insight to customers and leaders and managing the risks, issues and opportunities that affect the systems throughout their lifecycle.

Requirements

Preferably educated with a Master in Power Systems Engineering from an accredited institution (or equivalent knowledge) and proven professional experience and technical expertise in the field of Power Systems Engineering.

Experience: 12+ Year

Tools : PSCAD, PSS/E, DigSilent, Python and MATLAB.

• Reliability assessment (Reliasoft, Isograph)
• Harmonic Analysis and Power Quality
• Circuit analysis
• Electrical power systems modelling and analysis
• EMT Software (PSCAD, EMTP-RV, ATP)
• Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• EMC assessment and mitigation
• MATLAB & Simulink
• Planning: Ability to plan and manage own work.
• Technology (for R&D projects)
• HVDC domain knowledge
• Tecnical Leadership: understanding of customer need, problem solving, creativity and innovation, relationship management, operational oversight and accountability, engineering instinct.
• Audible noise assessment and mitigation
• High voltage equipment specification, design, and testing (E.g., power transformers, reactors, capacitors, switchgear, instrumentation transformers and transducers, surge arresters, bushings and insulators)
• Reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) assessment and management
• Team Dynamics and Facilitation: Ability to be a team player and to facilitate groups interactions.
• Power Network Analysis (PSS/E, DigSilent, Eurostag)
• HVDC valves and their control systems
• Negotiation: capable of resolving points of difference, to gain advantage for an individual or collective, or crafting outcomes to satisfy various interests.
• Communications: Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Studies and Management
• Audible Noise (SoundPLAN)
• HVAC domain knowledge
• Critical Thinking: Capable of structuring defendable arguments, evidence, assumptions, and decisions.

Benefits

The successful candidate will be part of an established team of experienced power systems engineer which will provide them with various opportunities to develop their skills in the field of high voltage AC and DC power system design via mentoring by Systems Expert, on-the-job training, classroom training (such as the HVDC university training modules), placement in other engineering departments etc.

• Transient Studies

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance