Power System Design Engineer - Pg Hvdc Job in Abb Ltd.

Join ABB and work in a team that is dedicated to creating a future where innovative digital technologies allow greater access to cleaner energy.

ABB is a global technology leader in industrial digitalization. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 147,000 employees and $34 billion revenue.

In India, ABB has been operating for over a century. At present, we have 40 factories at 9 locations that develop best-in-class products bringing together global expertise, with local experience. India is also home to ABB groups largest engineering design and R&D center, where our engineers work on cutting-edge technologies to develop the future offerings from engineering tools to analytics solutions.

The India Power Grids Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 900 skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, functional system testing, installation supervision and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest engineering hub within PG Business and HVDC and FACTS engineering center outside ABB Sweden. The India Operations Centre is a key aspect of the Power Grids business Power Up transformation program. The INOPC team at Chennai supports ABB units in more than 25 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Power Grid business. To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 60 countries.

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for performing Harmonic Filter design and its rating studies for HVDC projects.
• Supporting the team on HVDC converter design and preparing requirement specification of the filter equipments.
• Selecting, sizing and integration of equipment based on customer functional specification.
• Understanding and design of Electrical Power Systems and controls.
• Living ABBs core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Master of Engineering in Power Systems or any related discipline.
• 5-10 Years of experience in the relevant field.
• Extensive knowledge of Power Systems studies and modelling of electrical network.
• Knowledge on IEC/IEEE standards is preferred.
• Understanding application of Power Electronics in HV/EHV system like HVDC and FACTS is preferred.
• Proven skills in using computers as a calculation tool.
• Experience of power system simulation tools such as EMTDC /PSCAD and calculations in Matlab / Mathcad.
• Strong interpersonal communication skill, Fluent English.
• Extensive knowledge of Power Systems equipment and their purpose, such as Power Transformers, Capacitors, Reactors, Instrument Transformer and measuring equipment, Circuit Breakers, Disconnector, Surge Arrester etc.