Control Design Engineer

Business Information:

Our Indian Operations Centre (INOPC ) is a competence center with around 2600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, functional system testing, installation supervision, and commissioning. Over the last decade, INOPC has evolved to become the largest engineering hub serving more than 40 countries across different energy sectors. The team caters to the four business units Transformers, Grid Integration, Grid Automation, High Voltage and has successfully executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

Hitachi Energy is a world leader in the area of Power Quality Solutions (PQS). Hitachi Energy was the first to introduce Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology to the power industry and has delivered solutions for the more than 50 years now. Hitachi Energy has a number of solutions that enhance the security, capacity and flexibility of power transmission systems. These solutions enable power grid owners to increase existing transmission network capacity while maintaining or improving the operating margins necessary for grid stability. Hitachi Energy has the full FACTS portfolio and in-house manufacturing of key components.

Main Accountabilities:

Hitachi Energy uses a very high-end system for its control, protection and monitoring. This system is called as MACH. This computerized system is built with the state-of-the-art electronics, microprocessors and digital signal processors, connected by high performance industry standard busses and fiber optic communication links. They operate on very high standard application software designed by the control design team for which there is a need for experienced control system engineers. The system being continuously evolving, becoming more complex and customized, great deal of test & verification are required.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation, verification, and commissioning of the MACH control system to meet our customer s requirements.

• Responsible for design, time schedule, budget, and quality of deliverables during the entire project execution process for control scope

• Extensive contact with other engineering groups, the project manager, local ABB offices and externally to our customer during factory acceptance and commissioning phase.

• Ready for travel to sites to support commissioning of MACH system

• Design & testing of Control logics .

• Responsible for Hardware Integration, interfacing with RTDS, Factory Acceptance Test, Customer meetings, Site testing, Test records documentation.

• Living Hitachi Energy s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Education Qualification: ME Power Systems / ME Power Electronics.

• Candidate should have 3+ years experience in Design and testing of PI/PID or similar control algorithms.

• Should have knowledge in Knowledge on FACTS applications.

• Experience in simulation using Matlab or Real Time Simulators

• Good knowledge on power system - signal processing, active and reactive power concepts will be an added advantage.

• Knowledge on power electronic devices will be an added advantage.

• Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.

• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization.

• Works independently, applying established standards.

• Excellent English speaker, good communication skills.