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Research Expert – HVDC (f/m/d)

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This role is based in Kraków, with a hybrid setup requiring three days per week in the office.

To ensure a fair evaluation, please submit your CV in English, as applications in other languages cannot be reviewed.

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join our pioneering team as an HVDC Research Expert, where you shape the future of high-voltage devices and help build tomorrow’s energy grid. You lead the research activities for next generation HVDC circuit breakers and switching technologies. You will orchestrate research projects to create new concepts and combine your technical expertise with creativity to solve complex engineering challenges and see your research drive real-world impact in energy technology. Collaborate with diverse teams, explore innovative concepts, and play a key role in advancing sustainable energy solutions.

How You’ll Make An Impact

  • Leading research and development activities for next-generation HVDC systems
  • Basic development of HVDC circuit breaker technologies and systems, as well as their validation by means of PoC's and prototypes
  • Performing simulations and calculations to evaluate electric fields and charging effects
  • System analysis in cooperation with other experts in the company to validate implementability.
  • Good Control & Protection understanding of HVDC technology


What You Bring

  • Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering with proven experience in HVDC R&D
  • Many years of experience in the development of high-voltage switchgear (AIS / GIS) and the design of circuit breakers
  • Expertise in FEM-based simulation tools
  • Experience in the modeling and simulation of power grids (e.g. EMTP, PSCAD etc.)
  • Experience in the electric simulation and design of HVDC components
  • Advanced English proficiency


About The Team

Our Grid Technologies division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

  • Medical care
  • Life insurance
  • Lunch card (300 PLN a month)
  • Pension Fund
  • SE Equity plans
  • Additional monthly budget for benefits in cafeteria

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