Suraj Sawai

Senior Software Engineer @Siemens

Minnetonka, MN, US

Delivering and enhancing AGC applications within Spectrum SP3 and SP7 EMS, supporting real-time grid operations for multiple utilities and system operators.• Building and integrating Market and EMS interfaces • Customized and deployed AGC solutions for utilities and ISOs• Developed and maintained core AGC components using C and C++, ensuring high reliability, deterministic performance, and maintainability in systems.• Contributed to renewable and advanced resource modeling, including Battery, Microgrids, and co-located generation, supporting modern grid and renewable integration use cases.• Designed custom AGC displays using Siemens WebSDK, improving operational visibility and usability for control room operators.• Worked with relational databases (SQL, ADU) to manage EMS application data, configuration, and runtime integrity.• Collaborated across global teams (USA, India, Germany), coordinating development, delivery, and issue resolution across time zones.• Partnered with Product Management and QA to deliver production-quality releases, participating in design reviews, defect resolution, and release validation.• Performed code reviews and technical mentoring, improving code quality, consistency, and long-term maintainability.• Delivered technical training to power system software engineers on AGC design, customization, and implementation.Research & Development (House of Inventor)• Contributed to traveling-wave–based fault location and protection research for transmission systems.• Developed Proof of Concept and filed an invention disclosure (Siemens Repository: 2023E14219 IN).• Transactions on Power Delivery paper submitted (2026).• Presented research at the Kansas Power & Energy Conference (2025).

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Power and Energy System (Electrical Engineering)

Government College of Engineering, Amravati.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical Engineering