A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Substation Commissioning Engineer, you are deployed either in the Raleigh test center or at a customer site, depending on the project phase. In the test center, you focus on system integration, PLC‑based control functions, and validation of interlocking and control logic prior to shipment. On customer sites, you execute on‑site commissioning activities from installation verification through energization and acceptance. In both environments, you work closely with engineering and project teams, troubleshoot technical issues, and ensure systems are commissioned safely, reliably, and in accordance with project and customer requirements.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Executing commissioning and testing activities for substation automation systems in test centers and at customer sites worldwide
- Configuring, testing, and commissioning substation and switchyard control systems, including bay control, protection, and signaling
- Testing and validating interlocking logic, automatic control sequences, and PLC-based control functions
- Performing hardware and software testing, including factory and site acceptance tests, to support system integration and commissioning
- Analyzing and resolving commissioning issues in collaboration with engineering, project teams, and customers
- Ensuring quality, safety, and compliance with established work practices during all commissioning activities
What You Bring
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Technology, or a comparable technical qualification (certified technician considered)
- Experience commissioning or testing high‑voltage substations, HVDC systems, or substation automation systems
- Strong understanding of substation automation, protection relays, bay control, interlocking logic, and control schemes
- Experience with PLC‑based control functions, including logic validation and interface behavior
- Structured, independent working style with strong teamwork skills and willingness to travel worldwide
Travel, as needed (~6-9 months in Raleigh, 6-9 months in different location).
Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
About the Team
Our US HVDC Team is a dedicated group of experienced professionals at the heart of our HVDC project business. We are guiding our experts from many different engineering and commissioning disciplines through an end-to-end process taking responsibility for the outcome of each step up to final customer acceptance. Diversity is our strength. No one is an expert in everything. Our Team profits from a variety of technical backgrounds and complementing mindsets supported by an open feedback culture. We share an intrinsic drive to continuously challenge and improve ourselves, our team and our projects to create sustainable value for our customers. Join our team and contribute your own ideas to our cause.
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
Benefits
- Supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits and parental leave
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