- Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Full-time · Associate
- 1–3 years
Build the inverter's EMT models in PSCAD from the actual control code running on HIL, and automate their testing and validation, so that every model delivered to customers matches the certified firmware and ships with a reproducible validation report.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain PSCAD models of the inverter and plant: power stage (2-level and 3-level NPC/ANPC), LCL filter, transformer, grid equivalent (SCR, X/R) and protections.
- Port the control from the HIL environment to PSCAD: adapt the C control code (Typhoon HIL S-HIL) into a .lib/.dll linked through Blackbox components or the Fortran/C interface.
- Define the model–control interface (I/O, parameters, sampling time, interpolation, multirate) and troubleshoot compilation, linking and DLL-loading issues.
- Implement grid-support functions: LVRT/HVRT, P/Q control, Volt-VAr, Freq-Watt, ROCOF, GFL and GFM modes.
- Develop automated PSCAD test suites (voltage dips and swells, phase and frequency jumps, ROCOF, SCR sensitivity, setpoint changes, control modes) using Python, multiple runs and parametric sweeps.
Requirements
- BSc/MSc in Electronic, Electrical, Industrial or Telecommunications Engineering
- Nice to have: Experience with OEM models for interconnection studies
- Nice to have: PSCAD automation API (mhi.pscad)
- Nice to have: Typhoon HIL test automation (TyphoonTest IDE, pytest)
- Nice to have: Grid codes and test procedures: IEEE 1547-2018 / 1547.1, UL 1741 SB, NERC, Spanish P.O. 12.2 / NTS