The Opportunity
Our Grid Automation business unit boasts a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, ranging from substation automation and communication networks to grid automation services, grid edge solutions, and enterprise software solutions. These offerings address all key segments connected to the energy system, including generation, transmission, distribution, industries, transportation, and infrastructure sectors.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems)
- Deep knowledge of power system protection with an emphasis on busbar protection (fault studies, CT behavior including CT saturation, settings coordination, selectivity)
- Hands-on experience configuring, testing, and validating protection IEDs using engineering tools and IEC 61850 engineering artifacts (ICD/CID/SCL)
- Proficiency in C++ and ADA for protection/embedded application development, including strong debugging, code review, and unit/integration testing discipline
- Practical experience with Adwin Pro test system and OMICRON-based automated testing (test plan design, automation, and regression execution)
- Proven track record of delivering complex features to release milestones—from architecture to implementation and integration
- Experience in triaging and resolving product feedback end to end, including root cause analysis, implementation proposals, and validation
- Direct customer support and interaction to elicit true requirements and propose solutions that avoid unnecessary firmware changes where feasible
- Collaboration with support, Product Management, and cross-functional teams to create clear operational documentation for engineering and test teams
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps (Boards/Repos/Pipelines) or equivalent for backlog management, CI/CD, branching, and version control
Your Background
- Familiarity with IEC standards for protection systems (IEC 61850, IEC 60255) and experience analyzing and closing conformance test findings
- Experience in test automation at scale, data-driven validation, and integration with automated test system toolchains
- A strong systems engineering mindset across the product lifecycle with the ability to produce concise implementation proposals for complex features
- Experience in crafting customer-specific adaptations to reduce rework and future changes
- Proficiency in scripting to accelerate workflows and develop test harnesses using languages such as Ruby; quick adaptation to learning new languages and tools
- Effective communication skills for working with distributed teams; ability to take ownership of ambiguous, cross-domain tasks beyond comfort zones
- Support for type tests and factory/acceptance testing, with the ability to produce step-by-step operation guides for stable system operation
More About Us
- Exciting and varied tasks with great creative freedom
- Flexible working hours
- Attractive training and development opportunities
- Interesting and varied activities/projects
- A well-established and dynamic team
- An open corporate culture
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