Senior Telecommunications Engineer

Senior Lead Engineering Manager – Telecommunications Networks (Renewable Energy)

Location
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Family status available)

We are seeking an experienced Senior Lead Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership across telecommunications networks supporting utility-scale renewable energy and power transmission infrastructure.

This is a highly specialised role focused on the design, integration, commissioning, and optimisation of telecom networks that enable secure, reliable, and low-latency control, monitoring, metering, and data exchange across:

• Utility-scale Solar PV plants

• Wind farms

• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

• Hybrid renewable energy plants

• Power transmission systems and substations

You will play a pivotal role throughout the project lifecycle, from conceptual design and engineering through to commissioning, troubleshooting, and operational support.

Telecom Engineering & Network Design

• Lead the engineering and design of telecommunication systems for power transmission networks, substations, and renewable generation plants

• Develop telecom network architectures to support plant control, SCADA, protection systems, metering, and operational communications

• Specify and select key telecom equipment including fibre optic systems, multiplexers, Ethernet switches, GPS/GNSS systems, and time synchronisation equipment

• Perform telecom budget calculations and determine equipment ratings and specifications

• Collaborate closely with Protection & Control teams to ensure seamless system integration

Communication Protocols & Control Systems

• Define communication architectures supporting critical plant and grid infrastructure

• Work with industry-standard protocols including:

• IEC 61850

• IEC 60870-5-101 / 104

• Modbus TCP/IP

• GOOSE messaging

• Interface with systems including:

• SCADA

• RTU

• PPC

• EMS

• SAS

• Protection Relays

• PMU and SCMS

• Design low-latency and highly reliable telecom networks supporting fast control loops and operational stability

• Ensure compliance with cyber security standards and project-specific security requirements

• Implement resilient communication architectures with redundancy and failover capabilities

• Support time synchronisation solutions using IEEE 1588 (PTP), IEEE C37.238, IRIG-B, GPS and GNSS technologies

• Lead telecom Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and provide technical guidance during commissioning

• Support cold and hot commissioning activities across utility-scale projects

• Conduct and oversee:

• Fibre link certification

• Network redundancy and failover testing

• PTP/NTP stability testing

• WAN connectivity verification

• Cyber security validation

• Communication protocol testing

• Diagnose network and system performance issues using industry-standard diagnostic and monitoring tools, including packet capture and network analysis software.

You are an experienced telecommunications or communications systems engineer with a strong background in power systems, substations, or renewable energy infrastructure.

You will ideally have:

• 15+ years of experience in telecommunications or control systems within the power or energy sector

• 5+ years of technical leadership experience

• Deep expertise in telecom systems for substations, transmission networks, and renewable energy plants

• Strong understanding of fibre optic networks, multiplexers, Ethernet switching, and time synchronisation systems

• Experience with utility-scale solar, wind, BESS, or power transmission projects

• Familiarity with leading telecom OEM technologies and products

• Excellent troubleshooting and commissioning capabilities across complex communication networks.

Qualifications

• B.E. /
  
  B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering or a related discipline

• M.Tech in Communication Systems preferred

Why Apply?

• Lead the telecommunications architecture behind some of the world's largest renewable energy and power infrastructure projects

• Work across solar PV, wind, BESS, hybrid plants, and transmission systems

• Take ownership of technically complex, mission-critical communication networks

• Join an organisation at the forefront of the global energy transition