Lead Engineer - Controls Engineering

Job Description Summary

We are looking for Project Engineer to join our FACTS Control Software team in Tampere, Finland. In this position, you will be reporting to FACTS Engineering Manager and indirectly to Project Managers during project phase. You are or will have the possibility to become an expert in the field of grid integration of high power (> 100MVAr) reactive power compensators namely STATCOM (static synchronous compensator) and SVC (static var compensator).

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Your main task is control system design targeting to implement control features complying with highly demanding customer specifications. In addition, you get to see the work put into action, first in real time testing in laboratory and then in the commissioning of the compensator at the actual site. The work may also include taking part in R&D activities on your areas of expertise.

Key Individual Accountabilities

• Produce high quality study documents and specifications

• Plan, specify and participate testing

• Execute control and protection testing and system energizing

• Participate in technical negotiations with end customers and other stakeholders

• Support equipment sourcing (technical inputs, equipment evaluation)

• Support technical tendering

• Research and development in the field of FACTS control system design

Qualifications/Requirements• MSc (or higher) degree in Power System Engineering or equivalent

• Knowledge in compensation systems, power electronics

• Knowledge and experience on some of simulation tools for electric systems

• Specialized knowledge in Electrical Power Engineering

• Understanding of control theory behind grid connected devices

such as PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, RTDS or PSSE

• Fluent written and oral skills in English - other language skill is a benefit

• Strong prioritizing and time management skills

Desired Characteristics

• Good negotiation skills and ability to influence on multiple stakeholders

• Ability to work in groups as well as individually

• Curious and open-minded

• Desire to work in international environment

• Willingness to take leading role in project

About us:

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Grid Solutions, part of GE Renewable Energy, is serving customers globally with over 20,000 employees in approximately 80 countries. Grid Solutions helps enable utilities and industry to effectively manage electricity from the point of generation to the point of consumption, helping to maximize the reliability, efficiency and resiliency of the grid. www.gegridsolutions.com

In Finland Grid Solutions is engineering and manufacturing systems for electrical substations. Our GE Center of Excellence in Tampere delivers reactive power compensators such as Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOM) and Static Var Compensators (SVC). These are used to control power system voltage and reactive power flow as well as to improve the power system stability and transmission system efficiency. STATCOMs and SVCs are also typically used to improve the integration of renewables to the power system making the future power system more sustainable. Our business is growing rapidly and 95% of the systems manufactured in Tampere are exported globally.

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Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No