Principal Engineer - Verification & Validation

About

As a Verification & Validation (V&V) Principal Engineer, you will be working across the Engineering Delivery, NPI, and Product Care functions, reporting directly to the Head of Control and Protection Verification & Validation. This role includes developing department talent, defining and executing V&V department strategy, engineering process management, providing technical guidance, mentoring, driving consistent design practices and common global processes for project implementation, and providing technical solutions that meet the needs of NPI, Product Care, and Project Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic and tactical direction for Verification and Validation of HVDC Control and Protection Systems in collaboration with Grid and HVDC technology groups.
• Accountable for establishing processes to assess, review, and record the testing needs and boundaries of each project to ensure that the control system is verified to the maximum extent possible before leaving the factory.
• Leading the generation of plans, procedures, and specifications for the Development of Integration System Tests, Full System Tests, Factory Acceptance Tests, and Commissioning Tests at site.
• Accountable for developing, maintaining, and preparing Test Management Plans & Solutions.
• Accountable for the coordination of HVDC testing and validation process steps from Lab Testing, Factory System Testing, and Site System testing, leading to the Customer acceptance of the HVDC Control & Protection System.
• Maintain a clear overview of the HVDC NTI-NPI-Project life cycles, thereby de-risking product development by clearly defining the testing needs to validate the requirements.
• Accountable for technical validation of processes and test specifications.
• Accountable for defining and executing Continuous Improvement for the V&V department in collaboration with other HVDC Control & Protection Engineering teams.
• Ensure sufficient de-risking is included in Product plans, such that quality problems due to the introduction of new technologies are avoided when the new technologies are deployed on Projects.
• The enforcement of engineering discipline and set processes across all work tasks and adherence to company policies, quality procedures, and work instructions (e.g., through training, technical reviews).
• Reviewing the validation and verification department’s skills, identifying any shortfalls or skills gaps to ensure the necessary training, guidance, and mentoring of Engineers is in place.
• Serve as approver for technical reviews and quality gates / project milestones.
• Lead V&V team to identify opportunities for new IP development.
• Lead and mentor V&V team in customer communications to define quality and testing expectations from project kick-off till final sign-off.
• Develop and mentor V&V team members so that they can represent the business in various Industry working groups as a key content contributor.
• Will be accountable in defining strategies and roadmap for the development of New Engineers in the department.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering or related field.
• Significant and demonstrated years of experience in power generation, systems design, development, and operation of Control Systems.
• Exceptional interpersonal and technical leadership skills.
• Experienced within Verification & Validation of HVDC Control Systems.
• Competent in HVDC Control, Protection, Sequencing strategy, and HVDC Dynamic Performance Studies.
• Competent in PSCAD / MATLAB-SIMULINK and RTDS applications.
• Proactively serves on cross-functional leadership teams; Makes decisions independently.
• Knowledge of Control and Protection cubicle Circuit Diagrams, field cabling protection relays, HV/MV/LV switchgear, IED’s, and Distributed Control Systems.
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Design techniques (e.g., CI / Continuous Integration, Unit Testing, Automated Regression testing).
• Competent in Requirements Management and Test Traceability Matrix.
• Knowledge of Change Control and issue tracking (e.g., CCB, Jira).
• Advanced oral and written communication skills with fluency in English language.
• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, ownership of technical discussions with customers, and capable of developing client relationships.

Desired Characteristics

• A significant ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Experience on tools like MATCAD, EMTP-RV, Digsilent etc. will be an added advantage.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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