SCADA Engineer

About the Role

Hyperion is an Independent Power Producer with an operating PV fleet and an expanding portfolio that is becoming multi-technology (PV, BESS, Wind, hybrids). In the core business scope, Hyperion is currently divided into the Development areas, Technical and Operations teams and Asset Management.

We are reinforcing our technical team that’s responsible for the architecture, plant-level control philosophy and software integration stack across the full portfolio.

The role is anchored in Technical and Operations teams, highly relevant collaboration with the Development teams to stabilize and define technical solutions before reaching Ready to Build stages. It is a cross-functional role: the successful candidate will work daily with Business Development, Constructions teams within the T&O, O&M, Asset Management, Commercial, Finance and IT, and externally with OEMs, EPCs, TSOs, co-owners and technical advisors.

What You Will Do

• Co-manage the SCADA reference architecture. Define and maintain fleet-wide standards for communications architecture, signal lists, tag naming, data model, time synchronization, redundancy and cybersecurity. Make them contractually binding in EPC and O&M contracts.

• Specify and de-risk new projects. Review and challenge SCADA, communications, ICT and cybersecurity scope in EPC tenders. Lead FAT, SAT, point-to-point testing and end-to-end data validation during commissioning. Ensure what is delivered at COD matches the owner's standards.

• Integrate technology in hybrid points of connection. Act as the owner's technical authority for BESS EMS/PCS integration and for hybrid plant controllers (PV+BESS, PV+Wind, PV+Wind+BESS) — dispatch logic, setpoint arbitration, grid-code compliance and ancillary services readiness.

• Validate technical solutions for renewable connection points. Representing the technical team in optimizing or validating previous technical solutions defined by previous phases of involvement

• Consolidate the operating fleet. Assist in the progressive consolidation of heterogeneous operating assets onto a coherent monitoring, reporting and analytics platform.

• Ensure grid and cybersecurity compliance. Guarantee SCADA/PPC compliance with TSO/DSO requirements across jurisdictions (telemetry, remote set-points, curtailment, ancillary services). Implement and maintain an OT cybersecurity baseline aligned with NIS2 and IEC 62443.

• Own data quality and integrations. Oversee integrations between SCADA, CMMS, ERP, Energy Management, forecasting, market/settlement and reporting platforms. Guarantee the data quality that underpins performance analytics, commercial settlement and reporting to co-owners and lenders.

• Be a cross-functional partner. Translate technical constraints into commercial and operational impact for non-technical stakeholders. Represent Hyperion in technical meetings with OEMs, service providers, TSOs and partners, and participate in vendor selection and commercial discussions.

Must-Have Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Automation, Control, Computer or Telecommunications Engineering (or equivalent).

• Minimum 5 years of experience in renewable projects in technically defining phases, including also SCADA / control / communications engineering in utility-scale sizing.

• Hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle: design review, EPC tender specification, FAT, SAT, commissioning, handover to operations.

• Site, basic understanding of construction phases and of OM actions, preferably with previous direct experience in-site

• Basic knowledge of industrial communication protocols (such as Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3, OPC UA, MQTT).

• Hands-on experience with at least one major SCADA/PPC platform used in renewables overseeing hardware and software implementation.

• Solid understanding of plant-level control (active/reactive power, voltage/frequency response, curtailment) and grid-code telemetry requirements.

• Working knowledge of OT cybersecurity: IEC 62443 awareness, NIS2 context, segmentation and secure remote access.

• Fluent in English and Portuguese; additional European languages are a plus.

• Availability for regular travel to project sites.

Highly Valued Experience

• BESS integration. Experience specifying and commissioning BESS EMS/PCS, and integrating BESS into ancillary services or merchant dispatch.

• Hybrid plant controllers. Experience with PV+Wind, PV+BESS or PV+Wind+BESS plant-level controllers.

• Wind SCADA. Exposure to WTG control systems and major wind OEM SCADAs.

• Fleet consolidation. Track record onboarding heterogeneous operating fleets onto a unified monitoring and reporting platform.

• Multi-TSO exposure. Grid code and telemetry experience across more than one jurisdiction.

• Analytics and automation. Scripting in Python/SQL, familiarity with time-series databases and cloud data platforms.

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Strong communicator. Comfortable creating bridges between teams, explaining technical topics to non-technical stakeholders (Commercial, Finance, Management) and engaging with OEMs and counterparties.

• Team player. This role touches nearly every team in the company — collaboration and approachability are essential.

• Commercial awareness. Understands that technical choices have contractual and P&L consequences.

• Ownership. Takes end-to-end responsibility across a portfolio, not just a project.

• Structured and pragmatic. Balances best practice with the realities of operating assets.

What We Offer

• A defining technical role in a growing, multi-technology IPP.

• Ownership of company technical standards — your architecture will impact Hyperion's operating model for years to come.

• Exposure to PV, BESS, Wind and hybrids across multiple jurisdictions.

• Competitive compensation with variable component, continuous training and a collaborative, technically strong team.