HVDC HMI Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

Designing and implementing Human Machine Interface (HMI) screens for but not limited to power management systems, Process controls based on IEC 61850 standards for Next Generation Control Systems

• Understanding Customer Requirements and produce Functional and design and test specification documents.
• Design, develop and test the interfaces required between the SCADA and data concentrator systems.
• Develop generic libraries using SCADA based development environment to be used by external applications.
• Assist with the design, development and testing of external applications built on top of the SCADA libraries.
• Support ongoing project with strict timelines as per company’s OTR process.
• Actively engage with project teams to provide solutions for the project that technically fit the purpose.
• Identify technical risks and put in place the mitigation plan for the same.
• Identify and propose improvements in processes, tools, system solutions and technologies, rolling out improvements when agreed with leadership team.
• Work collaboratively within well-established teams of Engineers / Developers on a mixture of existing and new projects

• Masters /bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation engineering
• Knowledge in HMI design
• SCADA development experience using commercial SCADA packages (ideally Codra Panorama, Copa Data-Zenon).
• Demonstrated experience working with industrial network communication protocols such as OPCUA/DA, IEC 61850, DNP3, IEC60870-5-104, Modbus, TCP/IP, Profibus,
• System design – HMI server client configuration, Redundant server configuration.
• Basic understanding of Bay Controllers/Merging Units/ IEC61850 IED’s
• Basic understanding of Control Panel design (preferably as used in substation/power plant environments)
• Can validate AC Substation Single line diagrams & Protection Single line diagrams.
• Knowledge on HVDC transmission system and different controls involved in the system.
• Experienced in validating communication interfaces and its HMI mimics, based on the engineered SCADA configurations.
• Knowledge on Electrical power system protection concepts
• Historian Knowledge, Configuring & knowledge of Alarm Management (Historical, SMS, Email, Voice).
• Expertise on software tools like IED Scout/Station Scout or DTM, protocol simulator for testing and simulation of HMI application
• Report Generation Knowledge (Shift/Batch/Day) with Backend SQL & MS Access.

Desired Skills:

• Good communication in English (oral & written) & Interpersonal skills.
• Customer focus - ability to build and develop customer & supplier relationships.
• Organizational agility
• Problem solving ability.
• Logical thinking
• Effective time management
• Results driven outlook.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and application of virtual machines in a Microsoft Windows operating environment is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in the HMI application development and cyber protection requirements.
• Demonstrated experience working in the industrial controls, power generation industry, IEC 61850 standards,
• Strong computer skills: experience setting up Windows based applications such as Windows 10 and above proficiency in standard MS Office applications.