Engineer I (PSCAD/EMT)

Location: Valencia, Spain

Company

Clean energy technology platform combining structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale solar power plants.

What you will do

• Build and maintain PSCAD/EMTDC inverter and plant models covering power stages, filters, transformers, grid equivalents, and protections.
• Port C control code from Typhoon HIL into PSCAD and define model-control interfaces, including I/O, parameters, sampling, interpolation, and multirate behavior.
• Implement and test grid-support functions including LVRT/HVRT, P/Q control, Volt-VAr, Freq-Watt, ROCOF, GFL, and GFM modes.
• Develop Python-based PSCAD test suites with voltage, frequency, phase, SCR, setpoint, and control-mode variations.
• Post-process and compare PSCAD, HIL, and PSS®E results using signal alignment, resampling, tolerance bands, KPIs, and automated pass/fail reports.
• Integrate builds, testing, regression runs, model libraries, versioning, user guides, and customer support into the delivery workflow.

Requirements

• BSc or MSc in Electronic, Electrical, Industrial, or Telecommunications Engineering.
• 1–3+ years of experience in EMT simulation, model development, or validation tooling; junior candidates with a strong PSCAD-based master’s thesis are welcome.
• Knowledge of three-phase inverters, PWM/SVPWM modulation, LCL filters, dq transformation, PLLs, current and voltage loops, and PI tuning.
• C programming with pointers and structs, including building and linking static and dynamic libraries.
• Python automation using NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and Matplotlib.
• Signal-processing knowledge including FFT, digital filters, phasors, symmetrical components, and resampling.
• Advanced experience with PSCAD/EMTDC, C development environments, and Python automation and post-processing tools.
• Intermediate experience with Typhoon HIL, Visual Studio or VS Code, Git/GitLab CI/CD, and MATLAB/Simulink.

Nice to have

• OEM models for interconnection studies and PSCAD or Typhoon HIL test automation.
• Knowledge of IEEE 1547-2018/1547.1, UL 1741 SB, NERC, or Spanish P.O. 12.2/NTS grid codes.
• Grid-forming control including droop, VSM, virtual inertia, or black start.
• PSS®E, UDM, generic WECC models, psspy, GitLab build scripting, or basic Fortran.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on clean energy infrastructure and utility-scale solar power technology.
• Contribute to worldwide teams developing data-driven and automated power-plant solutions.
• Support customers through model documentation, user guides, and validated deliverables.