Senior Software Engineer Test Automation
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
- Senior Software Engineer Test Automation will be driving development and testing of innovative solutions around grid-forming application controls for PCS in utility scale energy storage solutions
- This role demands expertise in programming and test automation to create innovative solutions that contribute to the integration of renewable energy sources and grid stabilization
Key responsibilities are:
- Design and implement automated test cases to validate and compare various types of grid-forming control applications.
- Utilize programming languages like Python to interface with simulation tools like MATLAB/Simulink or PSCAD as well as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems
- Collaborate closely in a multidisciplinary environment comprising PCS controls developers, plant controls developers, product managers and grid integration experts to clarify requirements for utility scale battery energy storage systems.
- Execute test cases in a software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environment.
- Design and implement post-processing functionalities to facilitate test data analysis and comparison.
- Comprehensively document test cases and test results.
What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence
- Here at Fluence, we strive to continuously improve, be intellectually curious and be adaptive to our customers and employee s needs. Collaboration is key, both in our partnerships with our customers, and with each other. Fluence prioritizes the most critical efforts that allow for the greatest impact.
- The ideal candidates will have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Power Electronics, Control Systems, or a related field and 2-8 years of work experience in software test automation.
- Proficiency in programming languages like Python, or similar
- Solid background in software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing methodologies, ensuring robust control system validation.
- Experience with HIL simulators like OPAL-RT or Typhoon HIL.
- Experience with simulation tools like MATLAB/Simulink or PSCAD.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot intricate control system and test automation challenges.
- Understanding of power systems, power electronics components and their roles in utility-scale energy storage systems is a plus.
- Effective communication abilities, enabling seamless collaboration within cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of related utility grid interconnection standards and regional grid codes is a plus.
- Familiarity with grid-forming operating modes and applications is a plus.
- Knowledge of or history working with major component OEMs in the solar or battery storage industry is a plus.
- Excellent English verbal and writing skills.
- Willing and able to travel, domestically and internationally, approximately 10% of the time
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