HVDC Switchyard Commissioning Engineer

A Snapshot of Your Day

In our HVDC Systems Team, we are testing and verifying the hardware and software for our innovative high‑voltage direct current (HVDC) Projects in our Test Center and ensuring proper functionality and good quality of our HVDC Plants worldwide during commissioning. Our diverse and multinational teams work closely together with project management, engineering, and end customers to provide customized solutions based on the latest innovations in HVDC technology.

• You will actively advance the Energy Transition by bringing our HVDC projects to a successful completion with our customers.
• As part of a project team, you will carry out hardware and software tests, including customer acceptance, in one of our test centers and at our customers’ sites worldwide.
• You are responsible for the configuration, testing, and commissioning of switchyard control in high‑voltage direct current (HVDC) systems.
• You independently trace bugs and support our Software Engineering team in debugging.
• You support Commissioning Management in Quality, Risk, and Claim Management as well as improvement programs.

• Completed a degree in electrical engineering, energy technology, or a comparable education/qualification, or Certified Technician.
• Very good knowledge and working experience in commissioning of bay control units, ideally SIPROTEC 5 series with DIGSI 5, including the associated high‑voltage components in the switchyard.
• Solid understanding of high‑voltage and substation technology as well as testing of interlocking logic schemes and automatic control sequences.
• Fluent English language skills.
• Willingness for worldwide business trips and mainly long‑term assignments on construction sites in the UK, Ireland, and abroad, as well as optional assignments on offshore platforms.
• Team player, communicative, proactive, positive handling of conflicts, decision‑making capability.

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high‑voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150‑year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

• Opportunities to work with a global team.
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects.
• Medical benefits.
• Remote/Flexible work.
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave.
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens‑Energy platform.