Senior Engineer Power System Real Time Simulations
Job Description
Job Description :
Company
Our client is founded by the Saudi government to bring all communities together and develop all sectors and fields with innovative solutions. The organization generates over $24 million in sales and has over 850 companies and 700 employees.
They are currently looking for a Senior Engineer – Power System Real-Time Simulations to be based in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the design and implementation of energy system infrastructures, guided by simple principle of the best overall perforamance at the lowest costs.
- Support Grid Topology & Projects teams throughout project lifecycle stages starting from the Strategic Definition stage to Operation and Maintenance Stage
- To be part of in-house expertise in modeling, control and simulations, which will be responsible for initiation and development of bespoke solutions for challenges that may emerge during system design, implementation and future modifications/expansions.
- Contribute to commissioning stage of HVDC, MVDC and FACT projects, reviewing of factory acceptance test, equipment and system performance and compliance reports.
- Contribute technical discussions and presentation of team positions in project meetings, , and coordinating external partners.
- Support development of company's Grid Code in collaboration with local and international organizations, in which rigorous modelling and simulations will be used to quantitatively validate some of the unique code.
Qualification & Requirements:
- MSc in electrical engineering with a minimum of 6 years of work experience or PhD in electrical engineering with a minimum of 4 years of working experience.
- Excellent understanding of power systems, power electronics and renewable generation technologies, and familiar with energy storage technologies and various applications in 100% renewable and NetZero grids.
- Experience in power system analysis tools, fundamental frequency RMS, dynamic phasor model and EMT. Knowledge of real-time simulation tools which include hardware-in-loop (HIL) and software-in-loop (SIL) setup and interfacing with physical equipment will be an advantage.
- Good theoretical and practical understandings of modern power systems which include HVDC and FACTs devices, PV inverters, wind generators, battery energy storage systems are required.
- Ability to develop custom component models is essential.
- Experience in both off-line and real-time simulation tools such as PSS/E, DigSient, PSCAD, EMPT-RV, MATLAB-Simulink, RSCAD (RTDS) and RT-LAB (OPAL-RT).
- C/C++, Python and Fortran, code generation and creation of dynamic link library (DLLs) for models reuse.
- Grid integration of renewable power generations.
- Ability to write clear and well-structured technical reports and ability to communicate complex technical subjects to stakeholders.
Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Industry:
Recruitment / Staffing / RPO
Function:
IT
Roles:
Software Engineer / Programmer