Hi, I’m
Laura Ioana Teodorof
Team Lead HVDC Control
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Summary
Team Lead - HVDC Control leading a 12 engineer organization in Germany and coordinating 4 additional engineers across international hubs. Builds capability through recruitment, onboarding, competence development, and capacity planning while keeping projects on schedule.
Overview
4
Languages
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Siemens Energy
Team Lead - HVDC Control
07.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Lead an HVDC Control organization of 12 engineers in Germany and coordinate 4 additional engineers across international hubs.
- Build the team from scratch through recruitment, onboarding, technical training, and competence development.
- Own day-to-day planning and resource allocation to support on-time, high-quality delivery during FAT and site engineering support.
- Drive process improvement and workflow creation for Control-interface testing and hardware integration of control-related software.
- Standardize execution through knowledge sharing practices that strengthen consistency across engineering scopes and project handoffs.
- Collaborate with customers, project teams, development functions, and international hubs to resolve technical and delivery issues.
- Support continuous improvement in customer-facing execution across HVDC control related work.
Siemens Energy
Technical Team Lead
10.2024 - 07.2025
Job overview
- Track 5 Converter Control hardware integration tasks per project while coordinating execution across engineering, software, and firmware teams.
- Coordinate engineering delivery for Converter Control hardware integration and testing as the main interface between engineering, software, and firmware teams.
- Establish testing approaches for Converter Control equipment, clarifying test content, workflows, responsibilities, and execution methods.
- Support customer-facing FAT activities on Converter Control topics, aligning engineering tests and processes with customer requirements.
- Address day-to-day engineering delivery issues through cross-functional problem solving and direct collaboration across project and development teams.
- Promote knowledge transfer and continuous improvement to support smoother project execution and stronger team alignment.
Siemens Energy
HVDC Control Engineer
01.2023 - 10.2024
Job overview
- Configured, parameterized, and debugged Converter Control Systems for international HVDC projects.
- Supported FAT and pre-FAT activities, resolved Converter Control equipment issues, and coordinated project updates with stakeholders.
- Mentored colleagues in Converter Control hardware and acted as the interface between stakeholders on hardware functionality.
Energy Design & Consulting (EDC)
Power Design Engineer
10.2019 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Developed control and protection design deliverables for HVDC and converter systems.
- Prepared secondary circuit documentation to support design reviews and implementation planning.
- Coordinated interface management across engineering inputs, field requirements, and client feedback.
- Produced technical drawings and design updates for power system control packages.
- Updated engineering documents to reflect design changes, test findings, and client comments.
- Coordinated with internal teams to resolve design interfaces and support delivery milestones.
- Prepared test documentation and supporting notes for FAT and pre-FAT review sessions.
Education
Politechnic University of BucharestBucharest, Romania
Master of Science from Electrical Engineering and Applied Computer Science
06-2021
Politechnic University of BucharestBucharest, Romania
Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering
06-2019
Skills
HVDC control
Converter control
IEC 61850
Control & protection hardware integration
Control interface testing
Staffing & capacity planning
Recruitment & onboarding
Training & competence development
Operational coordination
Process & workflow improvement
Interface management
Resource allocation
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
French
Elementary (A2)
Romanian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Beginner (A1)
Availability
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Timeline
Team Lead - HVDC Control
Siemens Energy
07.2025 - Current
Technical Team Lead
Siemens Energy
10.2024 - 07.2025
HVDC Control Engineer
Siemens Energy
01.2023 - 10.2024
Power Design Engineer
Energy Design & Consulting (EDC)
10.2019 - 01.2023
Politechnic University of Bucharest
Master of Science from Electrical Engineering and Applied Computer Science
Politechnic University of Bucharest
Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering