R&D Senior Engineer

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This Position reports to: R&D Team Lead

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity o contributes to the development, integration and verification of core protection products for electrical power systems, combining protection algorithms, power-system analysis, embedded product development, simulation, testing and release activities with strong technical ownership.

The work model for the role is:#LI-Hybrid

This role is contributing to the Electrification Business Distribution Solutions Division in Bangalore, India

You will be mainly accountable for

• Perform simulation-based validation using power-system models and test scenarios; RTDS experience is mandatory and translate protection requirements and power-system use cases into technical specifications, algorithms, settings and implementation concepts.
• Analyze fault behavior, relay operating characteristics, selectivity, sensitivity, stability and coordination under normal, abnormal and transient conditions
• Own activities across the product lifecycle from requirements and design through implementation, verification, issue resolution and release.
• Develop and enhance protection functions for MV/HV applications, including overcurrent, earth-fault, voltage/frequency, directional and other relevant protection elements.