Software Solutions Engineer

at  Wrtsil

Software Solutions Engineer
Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more 125 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?
In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?
We are now looking for a

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Applications Engineers at Wartsila Energy Storage & Optimization (ES&O) are software engineers that specialize in solving novel and specific challenges related to our grid-scale battery energy storage projects, and our Power Plant Controller (PPC) software. Applications Engineers are strong software engineering generalists that bridge the gap between our standard software product offering, and the specific software requirements of each project.

As a Software Solutions Engineer, your work will focus on these responsibilities:

• Development of software in support of project-specific or customer-specific requirements that deviate from our standard product offering. This often involves working with cross-functional teams to address problems ranging from networking, to power & energy, to runtime and performance, to usability and efficiency.
• Development of novel tools and techniques to support the effectiveness of our project commissioning teams as they deliver projects to customers
• Support for our existing projects in production,

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, WE EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or Power Systems Engineering with experience in substations, power plants and power transmission systems OR with experience in a related field
• Experience or knowledge of SCADA standards and products
• Basic knowledge of programming – Java, Javascript, python
• Knowledge of Networking – VLAN, NAT, and basic principle of switches and routers configuration.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocol (Modbus, OPC DA/OPC UA)
• Passionate about renewable energy.
• Knowledge on Grid Code Compliance (IEEE 1547) related testing.
• Attention to details and good time management skill. Ability to multi-tasking and engage multiple projects simultaneously.