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Control Engineer for Optimization and Validation

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Siemens Energy

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The role

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our dynamic team at Siemens Energy as a Senior Control Engineer, where your expertise will play a crucial role in shaping the future of wind power technology! Imagine tuning, optimizing, and validating control systems for cutting-edge wind turbines, ensuring they operate at peak performance throughout their lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with a talented international team of engineers, gaining insights from various disciplines such as loads and aerodynamics. Your contributions will directly enhance the competitiveness of our products, making a significant impact on the wind energy sector.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • You will take technical responsibility for tuning, optimizing, and validating wind turbine control systems, balancing energy production, mechanical loads, and operational availability
  • Collaborate with functionality development teams to identify and evaluate improvements to control strategies, enhancing turbine performance and reliability.
  • Tune and optimize control parameters for various turbine types and operating conditions, ensuring stability and robustness across the defined operating envelope.
  • Plan and execute software-in-the-loop simulations to validate control functionalities and parameter settings against performance and safety requirements.
  • Support the commissioning and field validation of prototypes and fleet turbines, analyzing operational data to verify compliance with design specifications.

What You Bring

● You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Control and Automation, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering, or possess equivalent relevant experience.

● You have proven experience in control system tuning, optimization, and validation, ideally within the wind turbine sector or similar dynamic systems.

● Your strong understanding of control theory and system dynamics allows you to assess trade-offs between energy production and mechanical loads effectively.

● Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink is essential, along with hands-on experience in simulation-based verification and diagnosing control-related issues.

● You are a self-starter with excellent communication skills, capable of thriving in a global team environment and articulating technical findings clearly.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

The opportunity to work in an exciting international environment on meaningful projects.

International environment

Career growth and development opportunities

Supportive diverse work culture!

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About Siemens Energy

Siemens Energy is a global energy technology company that emerged from the energy division of Siemens AG, focusing on the generation, transmission, and storage of energy. With a strong emphasis on the energy transition, the company provides products, solutions, and services across the entire energy value chain, including gas and wind turbines, grid stabilization, and hydrogen technologies. Siemens Energy operates worldwide with tens of thousands of employees and is a key player in the renewable energy sector, particularly in wind power and HVDC (high-voltage direct current) transmission systems.

In Spain, Siemens Energy has a significant presence with offices and facilities in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia, contributing to the country's growing renewable energy sector. The company is actively hiring in Spain for roles spanning engineering, cybersecurity, AI, and project management, making it an attractive destination for international professionals with expertise in energy, digitalization, and grid technologies. Siemens Energy offers a multicultural work environment and is committed to fostering innovation and professional development, with many positions supporting global projects from its Spanish hubs.

Industry
Wind Energy
Founded
2020
Employees
50,000–100,000
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
In Spain
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia

Good to know if you are moving

  • Siemens Energy is a global company with operations in over 90 countries, offering international career opportunities and cross-border project work.
  • The company is a leader in the energy transition, providing a chance to work on cutting-edge technologies like HVDC, grid stabilization, and wind power.
  • Spain is a key hub for Siemens Energy's renewable energy activities, with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia, and a strong focus on wind and grid projects.
  • The company offers a multicultural work environment with English as a common working language, making it accessible for international professionals.
  • Siemens Energy provides comprehensive relocation support and professional development programs for employees moving to Spain.
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