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Power Performance Engineer Specialist

Summary: Join Vestas as a Power Performance Engineer Specialist in Leça do Balio, Portugal, where you'll develop tools for power curve verification and provide insights based on testing. Collaborate with a skilled, diverse team in a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Enjoy opportunities for personal development in an innovative environment, contributing to a sustainable future in the wind energy industry. Be part of a global team dedicated to powering solutions.
Vestas
Vestas
Leça do Balio, Portugal   On-site   Full Time  UTC+00:00   10000+   5 days ago

Vestas

Company Overview

Vestas

Aarhus, Denmark

1945

Business Model

Renewable Energy

Design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines

Sales of wind turbines, service agreements, and spare parts

Locations & Geography

Vestas operates in over 80 countries, with major operations in Denmark, the United States, Germany, India, and Spain.

Company Culture

Their mission is to deliver best-in-class wind energy solutions to help create a sustainable future.

Vestas promotes a collaborative and innovative work environment that encourages employee engagement.

They offer various training programs and career development opportunities to enhance employee skills.

Activities & Projects

Vestas is currently involved in several large-scale wind farm projects across Europe and North America.

They are continuously innovating with new turbine technologies to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Vestas is committed to sustainability, focusing on reducing carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy.

Career Opportunities

Typical job openings at Vestas include roles in engineering, project management, and sales.

They offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Contact Information

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Job Description

Plant Design & Risk Modelling is anchored in Vestas R&D. Vestas R&D is where new product ideas and technologies are developed, matured, tested, and improved. To put in short, Vestas Power R&D is the cornerstone of Vestas - we are shaping the future of modern energy.

The Plant Design & Risk Modelling is developing Vestas' site assessment platform, ensuring risk offerings and warranty framework. We develop solutions for minimizing value at risk, all carried out in close collaboration with stakeholders across Vestas' value chain. The department consists of highly skilled, international, highly experienced, cross-discipline employees located across Portugal, Denmark and India.

We encourage a culture based on accountability and give employees the chance to create meaningful, real-world impact through their work. We also cultivate employee performance and growth by providing an inclusive, motivating environment with collaboration at its core. You will experience a team of great diversity both within competencies, experience, gender, and nationality.

Responsibilities

  • Be an essential part of an agile team developing tools and products for the warranted power curve verification area and supporting the organization with power performance insights based on the previous power curve verification tests.
  • Develop and improve Power Performance methods into the analysis tools and products.
  • Understand the complexity and uncertainty of different measurement methods of the power performance verification, f.ex. met masts, lidars and SCADA data and ensure it gets implemented correctly in our tools and products
  • Represent Vestas' interest in the IEC 61400-12 and IEC 61400-50.
  • Participate in projects developing algorithms that eventually support visualization of data for internal and external customers.
  • Provide statistical analysis with critical thinking skills that ensure scrutiny of data solutions prior to roll out.
  • Be essential part of an agile team setup where collaboration and continuous improvement is key
  • Contribute to verifying and breaking down requirements from the business

Qualifications

  • Have a relevant technical education, such as bachelor's or master's degree in, e.g., mechanical engineering or similar.
  • 5+ years' experience in the wind industry, namely in wind measurements, measurement masts configuration, wind sensors, SCADA data and power curve verification tests
  • In depth knowledge of Measnet and IEC 61400-12-1 International standards.
  • Basic understanding about turbine's technology
  • Basic experience with coding (mainly R and Python) and motivated to be part of a team mainly delivering software solutions.
  • Speak and write English and have good communication skills, enabling the presentation and discussion of results with the stakeholders.

Competencies

  • You are creative, result oriented and have a high sense of accountability.
  • You are able to deliver on your commitments with the right quality
  • You have an automation mindset in developing tools and products
  • You work as part of a team, and it comes naturally to you to collaborate and share knowledge
  • You have robust communication skills and are fluent in English (spoken and written)

What we offer

If you would like to join an innovative and international environment, with great possibilities for personal development and the best of colleagues, then Vestas and Plant Design & Risk modelling offers just that. With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution - today, tomorrow, and far into the future. Join us in the fight for a more sustainable world.

Additional information

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. To apply for this opportunity please submit your resume in English.

About the role

February 4, 2025

Full Time

Company

Vestas

August 3, 2025

On-site

  •  Leça do Balio, Portugal

5+ years in the wind industry

UTC+00:00

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