AECOM: HVDC/VSC Systems Expert – Substation & HVDC — Khavda, GJ, India

About AECOM

AECOM is an infrastructure consulting business whose employer material describes work involving transport, energy, water and the built environment. Its activities bring together planning, design, engineering, scientific work, and programme or construction management. The organisation's described projects concern the physical systems used by communities, from travel and utilities to buildings. Those activities connect technical disciplines with project delivery, supported by digital and business functions around the planning, development and management of infrastructure.

The position and its setting

AECOM lists HVDC/VSC Systems Expert – Substation & HVDC in Khavda, GJ, India, under reference REF59461B. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 3 August 2026
• Legal Entity: AECOM India Private Limited
• Job Family: Electrical
• Brands: AECOM

Responsibilities and work described

• Job Purpose
• Delivery: specialist technical oversight for the ±500 kV VSC-HVDC terminal stations, including converter technology, AC/DC system interfaces, converter transformers, valves, reactors, filters, control, protection and system integration
• Review: the overall HVDC system architecture, design criteria and technical interfaces
• Review: OEM documents for VSC converters, converter valves, converter transformers and associated auxiliaries
• Review: AC/DC filters, phase reactors, smoothing reactors, harmonic filters and reactive-power equipment
• Review: station control, pole control, valve control, protection, monitoring and sequence-of-events systems
• Review: operating modes, power-control functions, voltage and reactive-power control and system recovery philosophy
• Review: control and protection coordination between the HVDC system, AC substations, grid protection, SCADA and telecom systems
• Review: applicable system studies, including load flow, short circuit, harmonic, insulation coordination, overvoltage, dynamic-performance and electromagnetic-interference studies
• Verify technical interfaces between converter transformers, valves, cooling systems, control systems and station auxiliaries
• Review: converter hall, valve hall, equipment-layout and environmental requirements
• Review: OEM manufacturing, installation, testing and commissioning procedures
• Participate in design reviews, interface meetings, model-validation reviews and technical workshops
• Review: control and protection settings, logic diagrams, interlocks, trip matrices and functional specifications
• Review: factory and site testing documentation where included in the contracted scope
• Support: resolution of complex technical issues during installation, testing and system integration

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Minimum Qualification and Experience
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or Power Electronics
• Minimum 12 years of experience in HVDC, FACTS, power-electronic converter systems or EHV system integration
• Demonstrated experience with VSC-HVDC or comparable converter-based transmission systems
• Knowledge: HVDC control, protection, system studies, converter transformers, valves and harmonic performance

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Experience: OEM design review, testing and commissioning is preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Khavda, GJ, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to AECOM

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Relevant skills

• manufacturing
• compliance
• training
• transmission infrastructure
• electrical engineering