Senior / Principal HVDC System Design Consultant Flex Grid
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior / Principal HVDC System Design Consultant Flex Grid
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Business: Energy Systems
Position type: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent Employee
Job ID: 6241
Overview
At DNV, we are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.
As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
About the Role
Are you passionate about HVDC technology and the role it plays in advancing the energy transition? Join us at DNV as a Senior / Principal HVDC System Design Consultant and play a key part in developing cutting-edge HVDC transmission solutions that enhance affordability, sustainability, and reliability in electricity networks worldwide.
Why DNV?
You will join our innovative global FlexGrid venture, dedicated to scaling up HVDC and FACTS technologies. We work with diverse clients-utilities, system operators, developers, investors, government agencies, EPCs, and OEMs-offering services that range from Technical Advisory and Owner’s Engineering to Independent Engineering. Your expertise will directly contribute to shaping the future of high-voltage electricity transmission.
Responsibilities
- Design and Feasibility Studies: Create conceptual designs for HVDC and AC systems, conduct feasibility studies, and assess CAPEX, OPEX, losses, availability, and constructability to meet customers’ unique transmission needs.
- System and Equipment Design: Perform, develop, and review electrical system studies, equipment design specs, and general arrangements for HVDC systems and substations.
- System Studies and Modelling: Lead or review simulations and system studies, including dynamic modelling and stability analysis for HVDC systems.
- Control and Protection Strategies: Develop and review strategies for HVDC multi-terminal projects, focusing on converter control, fault management, and grid code compliance.
- Technical Negotiations and Testing: Prepare specifications, support tender processes, and witness commissioning tests (FAT/SAT), ensuring solutions meet customer and regulatory requirements.
- Reporting and Commercial Offers: Deliver clear, high-quality reports and proposals to customers.
Besides projects, you will also collaborate on developing our service portfolio, monitoring market trends, and contributing to annual planning. You will represent DNV at conferences, publish thought leadership, and engage in standardization initiatives (e.g., IEEE, IEC, CIGRE). You will build lasting relationships through business development with new and existing customers. Finally, you will coach and mentor junior consultants, guiding their technical career growth.
Requirements
- A university degree (preferably a master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field) and preferably 7 or more years of experience in HVDC projects, including the different project development phases.
- Solid technical knowledge of HVDC integration studies, software tools, and regulatory standards (e.g., IEC, CIGRE, IEEE).
- Curious and solution-focused, using your expertise to create innovative ideas and drive opportunities.
- Thrive in dynamic, diverse, and collaborative environments.
- Clear communicator who excels at simplifying complex concepts.
- Open to traveling (up to 20%) to connect with clients, attend conferences, and visit project sites.
Beneficial Experience:
- Familiarity with multi-terminal HVDC systems, fault clearing strategies, multi-vendor interoperability, and HVDC equipment procurement processes and strategies.
- Experience using industrial simulation tools (e.g., PSS®E, PSCAD, PSLF).
We Offer
- Healthy work/life balance combined with a 38-hour work week.
- Hybrid working model, 3 days office – 2 days home office.
- Opportunities for personal growth: based on your experience, we will create a plan together with you for your personal development for the next years. We will do this through our 70-20-10 philosophy: 70% learning on the job, 20% coaching, and 10% training.
- Potential to grow into a people leadership or a commercial leading role where you sell, lead, and execute projects to help our customers succeed and achieve our mission to promote an equitable energy transition.
DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.
About the Company
Since 1864, we’ve been dedicated to safeguarding life, property, and the environment. Today we remain at the forefront of new technologies and techniques to help our customers transform for a more sustainable future.
At DNV, you can expect to deliver career and industry-defining work. You’ll be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.
Application Process
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