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Job Description
The Controls Engineer is responsible for leading the development, integration, testing, and maintenance of control systems for utility-scale energy storage projects, ensuring compliance with grid requirements and supporting product development and commissioning activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the realization of project-specific requirements related to controls, application modes, and grid integration.
- Integrate the Fluence BESS control system into TSO EMS systems and develop control logic for remote and local operation.
- Collaborate with field engineers to troubleshoot and resolve issues during commissioning and testing.
- Support product development through the creation, implementation, and testing of controls applications.
- Develop and execute standardized test procedures to reduce commissioning time and evaluate prototype systems.
- Coordinate with clients and subcontractors to ensure controls compliance and support project phases.
- Maintain documentation of controls infrastructure, including hardware, protocols, and communication links.
- Stay current with company products, industry developments, and control network updates.
- Manage change control procedures and documentation rigorously.
- Implement industry best practices and technological updates to provide top-tier controls services.
- Report on project progress and controls performance to company leadership.
- Develop performance metrics and feedback mechanisms for controls support teams.
- Ensure safety standards are met during project execution.
- Lead and provide example-based leadership within project and engineering teams.
- Adapt project plans dynamically to meet changing requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer industrial engineering with focus on automation and controls or equivalent.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant Controls Software programming experience with a power utility or related industry and the design, operation, and maintenance of a power plant.
- Extensive knowledge in the electricity transmission distribution sector and EMS systems, including grid code and requirements analysis, development, and testing of algorithms for grid services applications.
- Extensive knowledge in SCADA protocols IEC60870-5-101, 103, 104, IEC 61850 MMS, DNP3, Modbus TCP/IP, PLC, Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), SEL Real Time Automation Controller (RTAC), SEL Relays, Meters, Siemens Relays, Meters, SCADA Gateways, and Data Concentrators.
- Experience in Linux-based systems and commands.
- High-level programming skills in languages such as Python and shell bash scripting, with experience using Github.
- Experience in MathWorks Simulink for model-based systems engineering, and proficiency in C and C++ programming languages.
- Experience in the design, operation, and maintenance of high voltage electrical equipment including inverters, transformers, I/O racks, telecommunications, and controllers.
- Solution-oriented mindset.
- Good communication skills.
- Fluency in English.
- Required certificates include Fluence safety trainings and, if applicable, an international travel health certificate for critical countries.
Benefits & Perks
Support for development, implementation, and testing of controls applications
Development of standardized test procedures and execution of tests (FAT, SAT)
Development and maintenance of controls infrastructure documentation
Travel throughout EMEA for project execution and support
Opportunities to work with industry-leading technologies and protocols
Supportive environment for co-workers, promoting satisfaction and motivation
Training in Fluence safety protocols and certifications
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