Lead Engineering Manager - Control System

Role overview

Engineering and control architecture

• Develop control architectures for normal, contingency, and emergency operation of inverter-based power plants.
• Account for grid-code requirements and the functional characteristics of inverters, STATCOMs, wind turbines, BESS, and other power elements.
• Develop functional specifications for plant controllers, including PV and complex hybrid controllers.
• Apply AGC to project-specific power-system control requirements and develop or review compliant control architectures.
• Evaluate communication protocols including Modbus TCP/IP, IEC 104, and IEC 61850 GOOSE.
• Design and tune controller parameters, including gains, time constants, anti-windup, and filters.
• Develop controller models and review static, dynamic, and transient studies and grid-impact reports.
• Set up RTDS hardware-in-the-loop tests to validate control parameters and overall system performance.

Measurements, compliance, and commissioning

• Apply GPS/GNSS time synchronization and interface advanced numerical meters and measuring devices.
• Address Class-A power-quality measurements in line with IEC 61000-4-30 and PMU/synchrophasor measurements in line with IEEE C37.118; integrate measurements with PDC/SCADA.
• Interpret grid-code requirements, apply relevant IEC/IEEE standards and cybersecurity requirements, and assess risks and mitigations before field commissioning.
• Commission and tune control systems in the field; troubleshoot controller performance, reproduce issues in RTDS, and conduct root-cause analysis.

Candidate requirements

• Overall control-system experience of 15 years and five additional years at technical leadership level.
• Specialist experience in control systems for large utility-scale inverter-based power plants, including solar, wind, BESS, hybrid plants, and large islanded microgrids.
• B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics; M.Tech in Control Systems; and Ph.D. in Control Systems are listed as minimum qualifications.
• Hands-on control architecture, controller specification, AGC, and grid-code compliance experience.
• Experience with power-system studies and controller models using PSS/E, DIgSILENT, or PSCAD.
• Hands-on RTDS hardware-in-the-loop setup and testing experience.
• Experience in commissioning, field tuning, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of relevant IEC/IEEE standards, measurements, synchronization protocols, and cybersecurity standards.