Senior Substation Control and Protection Engineer (f/m/d)

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. "We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Grid Technologies

The rising share of renewables, growing energy demand, ageing infrastructure and increasing complexity require new connections but also upgrading and renewing of existing grids.

Senior Substation Control and Protection Engineer (f/m/d)

About the Role

Job ID 303950

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed. Bosne Hercegov. Sarajevo

Company Siemens Energy d.o.o.

Organization Grid Technologies

Business Unit Digital Grid

Full / Part time Full Time or Part Time

Experience Level Professional / Experienced

A Snapshot of Your Day As Grid Automation continues to expand its engineering capabilities, this role plays a key part in delivering advanced protection and control solutions for complex substation projects worldwide. Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will shape technical concepts, guide design execution, and ensure seamless integration across protection, automation, and cybersecurity domains. With your extensive experience in protection systems and deep understanding of industry standards, you will help drive engineering excellence, support strategic business growth, and contribute to the successful delivery of critical energy infrastructure projects.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead the development of protection and control concepts for high-voltage and medium-voltage substations across international bids and customer projects.
• Act as the technical authority for protection engineering, providing expert guidance throughout design, configuration, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Evaluate customer specifications, identify technical risks, and define compliant, efficient, and future-oriented engineering solutions.
• Coordinate engineering interfaces with Substation Automation and Cybersecurity teams to deliver fully integrated and reliable substation systems.
• Mentor and support engineering colleagues while contributing to capability building, knowledge sharing, and technical best practices within the organization.
• Take ownership of project deliverables by ensuring the highest standards of quality, schedule adherence, and cost-effective execution.

What You Bring

• A completed university degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Automation Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Around 10 years of professional experience in protection and control engineering for HV and MV substations within the energy sector.
• Proven expertise in protection philosophies, relay coordination, disturbance analysis, and the application of advanced protection schemes.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of protection devices and systems from leading manufacturers such as Siemens or Hitachi Energy.
• Solid understanding of communication protocols and substation standards, including IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-101/104, and related technologies.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills in English, enabling effective collaboration with customers, consultants, and international project teams.

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. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With ~100,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

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.

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Rewards/Benefits

• The opportunity to engage in an exciting environment on meaningful projects
• Career development opportunities
• Supportive work culture
• International environment
• Flexible working times and home office opportunity
• And more!

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