R&D Engineer - Power Systems Control, Grid Automation & OT Integration

Vattenfall AB · Solna · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-01

Vattenfall is hiring an **R&D Engineer** within Power Systems Control, Grid Automation & OT Integration, based in Solna, Sweden. Working within the Digital Energy Solutions section, the position focuses on developing solutions across electrical engineering, automation, power-system communications, and energy management. Responsibilities involve advancing concepts from initial needs to proof of concepts, laboratory demonstrations, and field-ready systems for generation, distribution, and customer-facing operations. The scope includes work across grid automation, secure IT/OT integration, optimization and control of distributed assets, and software simulation or validation using tools like Python, MATLAB/Simulink, and real-time hardware-in-the-loop environments. Vattenfall provides a flexible work environment with smart working options. The role suits both early-career and experienced candidates. Applicants must hold a **university degree in electrical engineering**, energy systems, control and automation, or a similar field, alongside **fluency in English**. Candidates also require knowledge or practical experience in at least two relevant technical domains, such as industrial control and protection, utility communications, digital substations, energy modelling, distributed energy resources, or real-time simulation and testing. Prior professional experience within the specialized technologies detailed in the role description is considered an advantage.

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 21 000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years.

Job Description

Do you want to move Vattenfall forward in the emerging energy landscape? We're looking for R&D Engineers with focus on control, automation, and OT integration to our Digital Energy Solutions section.

About the team

At Digital Energy Solutions, we develop solutions that make our energy systems more efficient, flexible and secure. From decentralized solutions such as batteries, e-mobility and demand response, to automation, secure IT/OT integration and communications; our team turns innovation into real-world impact, accelerating the transition to fossil freedom.

The team works broadly at system level while remaining close to implementation. We typically take ideas from technical and business needs to system concepts, proof of concepts, laboratory demonstrations and preparation for field-ready solutions in Vattenfall’s generation, distribution and customer-facing businesses.

Your role

You will work at the intersection of electrical engineering, control and automation, power-system communications, energy management, and secure OT integration.

Depending on your background, you will work more in depth within one or more areas as the role is adaptable. Technical areas we primarily work with are:

Qualifications

No projects are exactly the same and the way forward is rarely predefined; therefore, you will thrive with us if you're motivated by turning abstract ideas into concrete and pragmatic solutions through experimentation and learning as you go, even within completely unfamiliar areas. You move things forward independently and know when to reach out to people and how to communicate needs and proposals to both technical specialists and business stakeholders.

We are interested in both early career and experienced engineers. You don't need to be a match on every technology listed, we're more interested in the engineering foundation you bring and ability to understand how different technical areas connect at system level.

We believe you have:

It's an advantage if you have worked within any of the technological areas that are listed in the role description above.

Additional Information

Our Offer

We offer you a flexible work environment where you will have the freedom to be creative, work and develop in an exciting and rapidly changing technical field of strategic importance to the company. You will work in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from highly skilled, experienced and committed colleagues, ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for more information about our benefits.

Location: Solna, Sweden.

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Firas Daraiseh, firas.daraiseh@vattenfall.com. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Louise Doverholt, louisedoverholt@vattenfall.com

Trade union representatives are Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna) and Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna). To get in contact with the representatives, call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

We welcome your application in english no later than 1st of November 2026, however we recommend you to apply as soon as possible since we're going through applications continuously. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website and that you refrain from submitting a cover letter with your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering screening questions and attaching your CV.

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