Electrical Engineer

ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow’s world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

The Electric Arc Furnace Control Systems (EAFCS) team, part of the Long Products Research Centre within ArcelorMittal Global R&D, is driving the future of steelmaking. Through innovation, digitalization, and process optimization, we are shaping a smarter, greener industry. Our ambition is to design and deploy cutting-edge solutions that enhance performance, safety, and ensure the sustainability of Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) operations across the organization. By combining deep expertise with advanced technologies, we deliver innovations that strengthen operational excellence and accelerate the transition to sustainable steel production.

Your role

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our R&D team in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg).

This role focuses on providing project support in the electrical domain of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process, contributing to the future of sustainable steelmaking. You will lead ambitious projects aimed at optimizing process reliability, reducing CO₂ emissions and operational costs, and developing advanced digital tools including AI-driven diagnostics and digital twin models.

Your main missions will be:

Technical Expertise:

• Analyze electrical parameters: active/reactive power, voltages, currents.
• Perform on-site measurements using power quality analyzers under supervision.
• Assist in data collection and reporting for diagnostics and optimization.
• Support basic troubleshooting of EAF electrical systems.

Advanced Engineering:

• Execute dynamic and transient analyses using time-domain simulation tools.
• Develop realistic digital twin models for EAF power supply systems.
• Optimize process setpoints and power quality (flicker, harmonics, PF).
• Scout and evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., jumbo EAF, thyristors, IGBT).

This role contributes directly to ArcelorMittal’s decarbonization strategy and Industry 4.0 transformation, supporting initiatives through high-level technological innovation and sustainability-driven engineering.

Your profile

• You hold a Master's degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineer, Power Systems or related technical field or an equivalent practical experience.
• You have knowledge of high-voltage systems (>1 kV) and power distribution networks.
• You understand AC/DC drive systems and analog/digital regulation.
• You are familiar with key components: switchgears, transformers, thyristors, IGBT, STATCOM/SVC.
• You have experience with simulation tools (e.g., Matlab/Simulink, PSCAD, ETAP) and programming (Python, Matlab).
• You are fluent in English and French.
• You are proactive, autonomous, and team-oriented.
• You have strong decision-making and analytical capabilities.
• You have excellent oral and written communication.
• You are able to work effectively in multidisciplinary and international teams.
• You have Project Management capabilities.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.