High Voltage Substation Engineer

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join Siemens Energy as an Engineering Developer for Substation Projects and help shape the future of energy infrastructure. You’ll drive project execution from civil and structural work to advanced electrical engineering, ensuring every solution meets our clients’ needs. Each day, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, tackle technical challenges, and see your expertise directly impact critical energy projects. Step into a role where your work fuels innovation and supports the global energy transition.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead the successful completion of substation projects, advancing the energy transition for our customers.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.
• Integrate advanced technologies—like power electronics, renewable generation, and HVDC—into high voltage grids.
• Work closely with civil, mechanical, automation, and telecommunications teams to ensure seamless project execution.

What You Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSc or MSc) or equivalent experience, ideally with a focus on power engineering.
• Experience with high voltage substation projects, especially in the execution phase.
• Proficiency in design tools such as AutoCAD, technical calculation tools, and MS Office.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Fluency in spoken and written Portuguese and English.
• Occasional travel may be required for project meetings and site visits.

About the Team

You’ll join a passionate team of engineers and project managers dedicated to delivering innovative substation solutions. Our team values collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence. We work closely with customers and partners to drive the energy transition and ensure reliable, sustainable power for communities worldwide. You’ll have the support of experienced colleagues and access to cutting-edge tools and resources. Together, we tackle complex challenges and celebrate our successes as a 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. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

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.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Competitive salary and meal allowance
• Fair compensation for international work
• Health insurance coverage
• Remote work permitted within the country
• Additional 5 “Pontes” days off and Birthday off if it falls on a weekday, when not abroad (only applies for Portugal)
• Among others