Solution Engineer

Job Description Summary

The successful candidate will own technical activities for elements of the HVDC reference solutions, enabling consistent, scalable, and high-quality execution across regions. This Engineer will also work with colleagues in the SL and Regions to progress and conclude these technical activities in a coordinated and collaborative manner to always ensure the best overall outcome for the business.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Own technical activities to develop and maintain the HVDC reference solutions, ensuring consistency, scalability, standardization, and configurability
• Develop, maintain, and improve engineering documentation, technical guidelines, toolkits, templates, and deployment methodologies to support efficient and repeatable execution
• Ensure technical interfaces are correctly identified, managed and verified with the appropriate engineering functions
• Provide technical support during ITO and OTR phases, ensuring reference solutions are correctly applied and having final approval for technical deviations from the reference solutions
• Collaborate with the engineering functions and subject matter experts as part of the team completing a DFMEA for the reference solutions, focusing on the system architecture level of each solution
• Support bid and execution teams with solution framing, technical governance, risk reviews, and deployment guidance for major opportunities and strategic projects
• Work to incorporate RoE, lessons learned and in-service performance feedback into reference solutions to improve quality, competitiveness, and serviceability
• Support lifecycle management activities including obsolescence management, installed base support, service opportunity development, and alignment with service and supply chain stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards, safety requirements, and certification expectations across all regions where HVDC solutions are deployed
• Support the Solution Delivery Leader in the work planning and prioritization of activities in alignment with business and solution line objectives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, system architecture, reference solution development, or complex project engineering within a global or multi-region environment
• Strong understanding of HVDC systems, power electronics, control and protection systems, grid integration, and power system dynamics
• Experience supporting multiple phases of the solution lifecycle, including bid support, design, execution, commissioning, and lifecycle support
• Proven ability to lead technical problem-solving, manage technical risk, and guide teams through complex engineering decisions
• Emerging ability to lead, coach, or coordinate subject matter experts, or similar technical professionals in a people leadership or matrix leadership capacity
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to work across engineering, product, regional, commercial, and customer teams
• Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with FACTS, HVDC, or other grid-connected power conversion technologies
• Experience developing or governing reference solutions, technical standards, design rules, or engineering toolkits in a product-line or solution-line model
• Experience with customer technical engagement for strategic opportunities, design reviews, and technical negotiations
• Experience with return on experience processes, lessons learned systems, and continuous improvement programs

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No