Commissioning Engineer for Communication and Networking in HVDC Systems (PT)

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic HVDC Communication Team, where you will play a crucial role in testing and verifying network infrastructures, communication interfaces, and HMI concepts for our cutting-edge HVDC projects at our test center. Imagine ensuring the flawless functionality and quality of our HVDC systems during commissioning worldwide. You will collaborate with diverse, multinational teams, working closely with project management, system, and component engineering to deliver tailored solutions that leverage the latest innovations in HVDC technology. Your contributions will directly impact the success of our projects and the future of energy technology.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead the technically flawless, on-time, and economical commissioning of HVDC systems at construction sites globally, focusing on data networks and individual components of network communication at the SCADA level.
• Oversee the commissioning, support, and control of predominantly TCP/IP-based network infrastructure, HMI concepts, and their specific adaptations.
• Manage time synchronization and local and remote signal converters, ensuring seamless interfaces with all involved signal suppliers.
• Assist in troubleshooting and testing communication interfaces, providing support to other commissioning components, customers, and external partners.
• Contribute to IBS management in quality, risk, and claim management, and participate in improvement programs, including Lean initiatives, reviews, and lessons learned.

What You Bring

• You hold a completed degree in electrical engineering, electronics, communication engineering, or a comparable qualification.
• Experience in network administration (switches, routers, etc.), basic HMI, and PC administration (hardware and virtualization) and you possess good knowledge of network protocols (including TCP/IP, RADIUS) as well as network security and monitoring.You are skilled in handling circuit diagrams and electrical systems/measuring instruments, and preferably have experience as a skilled electrician.
• You can communicate complex technical information clearly and precisely.
• Fluency in English is mandatory
• You are willing to travel worldwide for business and undertake long-term assignments at construction sites abroad, including optional assignments on offshore platforms (over 6 months).
• You are a team player, communicative, proactive, and capable of positive conflict resolution and decision-making.

About the Team

Our Grid Technologies 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.

Who is Siemens Energy?

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: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

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.

Rewards/Benefits

• Competitive salary and meal allowance
• Fair compensation for international work
• Health insurance coverage
• Remote work permitted within the country
• Additional 5 “Pontes” days off and Birthday off if it falls on a weekday, when not abroad (only applies for Portugal)
• Among others