Experienced R&D Engineer, Modeling & Optimization
Vattenfall AB / Säkerhetsjobb / Solna
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Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.
Job Description
Staff function R&D, within Strategic Development, looking for an experienced R&D Engineer, Modeling & Optimization. The position is located in Solna or Älvkarleby.
Vattenfall R&D is responsible for business-driven technical development that creates added value for the company and helps realizing Vattenfall's strategy.
The position is within the section Infrastructure Laboratory which develops cost-effective, safe & sustainable solutions to improve the infrastructure of Vattenfall assets including Hydro, Wind, Nuclear, nuclear waste repositories, Heat and Distribution. With this hiring our aim is to strengthen the team Flexible Generation that supports Business Unit (BU) Hydro as well as Business Area (BA) Markets in optimizing the operation and maintenance of our hydropower fleet to meet the increasingly volatile electricity market.
Tasks and responsibilities
Your task will be divided into two main parts, one part being to develop an internal Matlab based optimization tool for analyses of hydropower systems (typically a river) and the other part being to perform different types of analyses utilizing this tool and other external optimization tools.
The work may also involve development of simulation models and control strategies for existing or future parts or an energy system, e.g. hybrid systems composed of combinations of power generating units (hydro, wind, solar and/or batteries).
Our work is carried out in an agile team of about 4-5 persons and includes frequent contacts with mainly internal customers and stakeholders within Vattenfall and sometimes also external customers.
Qualifications
Qualifications and personal skills
Master of Science (preferably Engineering Physics, Energy Systems or equivalent, alternatively Computer Science if focused on mathematical optimization and/or data analytics).
PhD in modeling, simulation, control and/or optimization is considered a merit
Well-developed skills and an interest in programming and software system development
Interest and knowledge in energy systems in general and hydropower in particular is a merit
Fluency in English, both spoken and written. Beneficial if a good command in Swedish.
To be successful in this position, you like to take responsibility for your work and workplace, be aware of targets and quality standards and have a strong strive to live up to them. You see possibilities in change and can quite easily adjust to changing circumstances. You like to handle complex issues and have the ability to analyze and break them down to tangible components. Your way of working is best described as structured. People around you probably describe your personality as helpful, calm, attentive, communicative and customer oriented.
Additional Information
Our Offer
At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity & inclusion helps building a more attractive, efficient, customer centric and profitable company. Therefore, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, religious belief, gender identity & expression, sexual identity, disability and ethnic background. Follow the link and read more on how we work with diversity and inclusion
https://careers.vattenfall.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/. We offer you a flexible work environment and collaboration with in total 22 passionate top-notch experts and colleagues in the section and about 130 colleagues in Vattenfall R&D, all committed to power climate-smarter living by enabling a fossil free living within one generation. Our tasks are usually one of a kind. For these reasons, we encourage our teams to collaborate in a spirit fostering creativity, co-creation and regenerative growth. We cultivate a sense of the possible to prepare ourselves for the challenging future of the energy sector. Are you ready to think beyond convention?
Location
Solna or Älvkarleby
For more information about the position, please contact Holger Ecke, Head of Infrastructure Laboratory, +46 76 134 35 93. For information about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact recruiter Teri-Anne Brink,
teri-anne.brink@vattenfall.com.
We look forward to receiving your application with CV and cover letter via this page, no later than the 16th of February 2024. As we may do a selection and invite candidates during the application period, please do not wait with your application until the deadline.
Trade union representatives in Sweden: Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). They can all be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard +46 8-739 50 00.
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall.
Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. This position is security classed, and the final candidates will be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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Arbetsgivare Vattenfall AB (org.nr 556036-2138)
169 79 SOLNA
Arbetsplats Solna - Vattenfall
Jobbnummer 8412944
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