Senior Verification and Validation Engineer

Location: Stafford, United Kingdom

Job Description Summary

As a Senior HVDC Product Specialist, you will be working across the Engineering Delivery function, NPI, Control & Protection, and Product Care function reporting directly to the Head of Control and Protection Verification & Validation.

This role includes developing department talent, engineering process management, provide technical guidance, mentoring, drive consistent design practices and common global processes for projects implementation and provide technical solution that meets the needs of NPI, Product Care and Project Delivery.

Essential Responsibilities

• Providing strategic and tactical direction for Verification and Validation of HVDC Control and Protection System in collaboration with Grid and HVDC technology groups.
• Responsible for establishing process to assess, review and record the testing needs and boundaries of each project to ensure that the control system is verified to the maximum extent possible before leaving the factory.
• Leading the generation of plans, procedures and specifications for the Development of Integration System Tests, Full System Tests, and Factory Acceptance Tests and Commissioning Tests at site.
• Accountable for developing, maintaining and Preparing Test Management Plans & Solutions.
• Involved from the requirements phase, ensuring requirements are SMART and testable.
• Ensure the coordination of HVDC testing and validation process steps from Lab Testing, Factory System Testing and Site System testing leading to the Customer acceptance of HVDC Control & Protection System.
• Maintain a clear overview of the HVDC NTI-NPI-Project life cycles thereby de-risking the product development by clearly defining the testing needs to validate the requirements.
• Responsible for technical validation of processes and test specifications.
• Drive the Continuous Improvement process in in collaboration with other HVDC Control & Protection Engineering teams.
• Ensure sufficient de-risking is included in Product plans, such that quality problems due to the introduction of new technologies are avoided when the new technologies are deployed on Projects.
• The Enforcement of engineering discipline and set processes across all work tasks and adherence to company policies, quality procedures and work instructions (e.g. through training, technical reviews).
• Reviewing the validation and verification department’s skills, identifying any shortfalls or skills gaps to ensure the necessary training, guidance and mentoring of Engineers is in place.
• Serve as approver for technical reviews and quality gates / project milestones.
• Support the New Technology IP strategy to identify opportunities for new IP development.
• Supports Customer communications to define quality and testing expectation from the project kick-off till final sign off.
• Represent in various Industry working groups as a key content contributor.