Lead Studies Engineer Control and Protection HVDC

Job Title: Lead Studies Engineer Control and Protection HVDC

Location: Charlotte North Carolina

Job Description:

• Bs/Ms/Phd degree with 8 years experience in Electrical power engineering / control engineering and experience in power engineering industry
• 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 power system simulation programs (PSCAD/EMTDC Matlab/Simulink EMTPRV)
• Proficient in English and German preferable
• Dynamic performance studies within tender and project execution of HVDC projects
• Optimizing the dynamic behaviors of the HVDC converter to customer and national grid code requirements
• Analyzing subsynchronous 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
• 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