Senior Software Architect

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• Own HVDC controls system architecture definition and prototyping to validate the concept.

• Define application interfaces which can enable team to define the low- & high-level design specifications to develop a controls solution.

• Play a key role in engineering design reviews and technical leadership, identifying potential project risks and technical weaknesses and proposing safe, reliable, and compliant solutions.

• Train/coach junior team members to increase the depth of architecture knowledge.

• Understand the key milestones in a project plan, their financial impact and ensuring the technical risks are understood and mitigated in accordance with the plan.

• Ensure that project plans contain the necessary activities and studies required to meet the requirements of the customer and the proposed technical solution.

• Lead improvements to existing solution towards standardisation.

• Lead development of new strategies for control, protection and sequencing (start-up / shut down sequence) to meet customer technical specifications if required.

• Support continual improvement, raising the effectiveness and efficiency of the team through the introduction of tools, methods and process improvements and coordinating with the Continuous Improvement leaders.

• Support a standard product methodology mindset, seek opportunities to re-use solutions, improve quality and reliability whilst reducing the delivery timeline and associated costs.

• Promote collaboration between all projects and ensure Return of Experience is incorporated.

Qualifications / Essential Requirements:

• Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects or proven equivalent knowledge and experience in HVDC business.

• A sense of urgency and ability to identify and manage technical risks.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experienced in creating and presenting technical reports and responding to clients' technical questions.

• Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, lead technical discussions with customers and develop client relationships.

• Understanding of the functionalities of the Control & Protection system and the interactions between the different functionalities.

• Appreciate the system hierarchy and constraints such as execution time, delays, bandwidths, redundancy, and physical signal requirements.

• Able to partition and allocate systems to realise a deployable system.

• Expert knowledge of MATLAB / Simulink / State flow and associate toolboxes to define architecture(s).

• Appreciate coding standards using MathWorks tools, as well as requirement and test generation and linking.

• Experienced to use MathWorks tools to prototype, study and refine the applications, and capturing design concepts using system engineering concepts.

• Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality, and engineering integrity of the solution.

• Must be flexible with working hours and willing to travel in order to support projects globally.

Desired characteristics:

• Process improvement or RCA experience or certification.

• Ability to define requirements and ensure they adhere to best practice.

• Experienced in technical leadership.

• Experience working in HVDC industry.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No