Power System Design Engineer 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

• Design and performance evaluation of STATIC VAR Compensator (SVC) and Series Compensation (SC) for Power Utilities across the globe.
• Provide our customers with products and services that help them to address the problems in their network while minimizing environmental impact.
• Need to work on Power Systems equipment for example - Power Transformers, Capacitors, Reactors, Instrument Transformer and measuring equipment, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors and Surge Arrestors.
• Understanding application of Power Electronics in HV/EHV system.
• 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

• A Masters degree in Power Systems/Power Electronics or related discipline.
• Should have 2+ years of hands on experience in performing power system studies like load flow, short circuit , transient stability and switching transients for utility / industrial. systems.
• Experience on simulation tools such as EMTDC / PSCAD, PSS/E, RTDS and calculations in MATLAB.
• Knowledge in selection, sizing, integration and testing of above equipment based on customer specification.
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills.