R&D Engineer - Erlangen, Deutschland - Siemens Energy

Beschreibung

R&D Engineer (f/m/d) Protection

About the Role

Location Germany Bayern Erlangen Remote vs. Office Hybrid (Remote/Office) Company Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG Organization Grid Technologies Business Unit Digital Grid Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Experienced Professional A Snapshot of Your Day As R&D engineer (f/m/d) for protection systems in HV projects at Digital Grid, Grid Automation you will develop and test protection systems for high voltage Substations. You will use your experience to define and realize concepts for Protection and Automation in digital substations. Close cooperation with the project execution team, R&D, and project management will be your daily contribution. How You'll Make an Impact

Develop and maintain power system protection schemes and algorithms.

Align with the HW/ SW Architect for protection applications.

Build and test protection-related prototypes and simulations.

Working closely with project management to meet the project targets and milestones.

Configure and test IEC 61850 station bus and process bus-based digital substations.

What You Bring

Master/ bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with a focus on power system or comparable education

Several years of experience in the high voltage substations (primary and secondary equipment), as well as experience with the engineering software for protection IEDs of different vendors

Deep knowledge in the engineering, testing, and commissioning of digital substations: IEC 61850, Process bus, and merging units

Very good understanding of Energy transmission and distribution systems and background in the development of power system protection concepts and logic

Background in modelling and simulation of protection-related modules using MATLAB / Simulink, C, C++, Python; as well as knowledge about the SW platforms for development, tests, and delivery

Very good communications skills in English (mandatory) and German (preferable)