Lead Verification & Validation Engineer will be responsible for the delivery of the of HVDC Controls & Protection Verification and Validation team’s activities on time / as per Project Scheduled through proper coordination between Project and department. The role involves technical leadership on the various work packages within the department ensuring that they meet the requirements, and the relevant processes are followed
Essential responsibilities:
o Prepare and maintain Validation & Verification team’s activity plans as per the Project scheduled.
o Design, create Factory System Test (FST) cases and review results against design requirements including leading Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) with clients.
o Developing HVDC System and plant modelling in electromagnetic transient tools like PSCAD, RSCAD, EMTP-RV etc including undertaking Dynamic Performance Studies and Protection co-ordination.
o Preparing control system requirements for the RTDS Lab setup including AC DC interface requirement, Plant Emulator Interface requirement and RSCAD Power system network conversion, modelling, and verification.
o Support New Product Introduction (NPI) to develop existing and new products and tools.
o Provide support to Commissioning Engineers during Dynamic commissioning at Site.
o Support continual improvement, raising the effectiveness and efficiency of the team through the introduction of tools, methods and process improvements and coordinating with the Continuous Improvement leaders.
o Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
o In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
o Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
o Maintain rigorous end-to-end requirement traceability, ensuring that every design change is verified against system architecture and validated via documented test evidence.
o Drive continuous improvement initiatives in the V&V lifecycle, implementing changes where necessary that increase test coverage and decrease the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
o Serve as the primary technical point of contact for V&V engineers.
o Investigate complex technical anomalies by correlating event-logs, signal traces, and control states to identify and implement corrective actions under high-pressure delivery timelines.
o Provide technical guidance to junior V&V engineers, fostering a culture of "Quality First" and promoting best practices in test plan preparation and documentation.
o Orchestrate communication between cross-functional teams (Controls, Software, Hardware, and Commissioning) to resolve integration bottlenecks and maintain project velocity.
Desired characteristics
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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