Senior Project Engineer

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The Role

In this role, senior project engineer will design and deliver Emerson DGM control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from our Cluj-Napoca office and from company and customer sites across Europe as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Working from the local office, and from company and customer sites across Europe as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Your Impact

• Lead customer project meetings to determine project requirements, then lead the design, planning, integration, testing and commissioning of hardware and software requirements on customer systems. Provide networking and system/application design.
• Customize system, hardware and network configuration based on customer requirements. Perform and lead hardware, software and system installation, integration, and testing for projects.
• Act as the lead to provide technical sales support of state-of-the-art power systems applications for real-time control systems, including sales presentations and product demonstrations. Provide advanced technical customer support and assistance per contract maintenance and warranty. Lead the creation of training materials and project documentation.
• Assist and guide your engineers on the delivery process and where they fit into it
• Develop training for the Project Engineering group.
• Develop and train external partners to better ensure internal alignment at Emerson DGM.
• Work with your team to plan and maintain updates to tools, processes, and procedures necessary for successful conversions.
• Manage and respond to escalation requests from Project Teams.
• Troubleshoot complex problems and collaborate with technical experts in various domains.
• Investigate and develop approaches to solve new data transformation challenges
• Periodically travel to customer sites and work directly with customers plan, deliver, and test developed solutions.
• Support the engineering manager in hiring process for your team and ensuring it remains staffed up to support conversion needs.

What You'Ll Need

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Min 5 years relevant work experience.
• Experience in computer programming; C, C#, and Python preferred.
• Experience with flat file formats such as CSV, XML, JSON.
• Familiarity using Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Familiarity with SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, RDBMS) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
• Familiarity with the concepts of REST based web services.
• Strong work ethic including willingness to learn and investigate new technologies and problems.
• Technical understanding of networking and security, operating systems, virtual environments, and systems integration.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Comfortable with a customer facing role.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites.
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
• Proficiency in technical writing.
• Experience with or knowledgeable about electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
• Expertise in any of the following areas: electric utility operations, control systems, automation, client/server applications, APIs, web services, network communications, operating systems, algorithms, SQL and other database technologies.