Control Application Engineer - Power Quality & FACTS

About the role

Hitachi Energy is building and expanding its European regional office in Madrid within the Grid & Power Quality Solutions business. It is looking for a Control Application Engineer to work on control and protection software for customer projects worldwide. As part of the Global Center of Competence for FACTS engineering, you will work with engineering teams, sub-suppliers, project managers, customers and other Hitachi units in an international environment, following each project from tender through design, implementation, testing and verification to energization.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and debug control logic and power control algorithms for FACTS devices.
• Perform combined testing of control system software and hardware using real-time simulators.
• Understand customer needs by reading specifications, taking part in customer meetings and verifying compliance in factory acceptance tests.
• Maintain close contact with engineering groups, lead engineers, local Hitachi Energy offices and customers throughout the project.
• Travel to site to assist with energization, working with local teams so the system starts up safely and performs as expected.
• Plan and organize daily work with strong sense of responsibility and ownership.

Required profile

• M.Sc. in Engineering, with a specialization in Power Systems, Control Systems, power electronics, automatic control theory, software engineering or a similar technical field.
• Experience in software development, programming and testing.
• Fluent English is essential; Spanish is an advantage.
• Engineering experience in control theory, power systems, plants, converter stations, automation, FACTS or HVDC is beneficial.

Required skills

• Knowledge of power quality applications, active and reactive power concepts and the MACH control system is an added advantage.