About

I am an HVDC Control & Protection Engineer at Siemens Energy, designing and validating control and protection systems for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission.

Previously at SLB (formerly Schlumberger), I led the integration of fast-loop drilling control applications into SLB’s DrillSync Automated Controls Platform and designed, commissioned, and supported 10+ drilling automation systems in the field.

I have also interned at Rivian Automotive and Honeywell International.

I hold an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.E. in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

My work spans the full controls stack: from algorithm design in MATLAB/Simulink and SIL/HIL testing, to PLC programming, to SCADA integration and field commissioning.

Experience

Siemens Energy Feb 2025 – Present

HVDC Control & Protection Engineer

SLB Ltd. Feb 2023 – Dec 2024

Control and Automation Engineer

Rivian Automotive May – Aug 2022

Automation & Control Development Intern

Honeywell International Jan – Apr 2022

Electrical Controls Intern

NC State – ADAC Lab Feb – Dec 2021

Graduate Research Assistant

Skills

Control Systems

MATLAB Simulink Stateflow PID Lyapunov methods SIL/HIL

PLC / Automation

Beckhoff TwinCAT Rockwell Studio 5000 Omron CX Programmer LabVIEW EPLAN EEC

SCADA

Wonderware InTouch Ignition

Industrial Networks

Ethernet/IP Profibus Profinet MQTT OPC UA

Programming

Python Structured Text Ladder Logic PowerShell VBA SQL

DevOps

Git Azure DevOps GitLab CI/CD

Reach me at sahil.deshp09@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.