Power Electronics Controls Firmware Expert/Architect

This position is within Center of Excellence (CoE) in CTO North America Organization and is responsible to provide Power Electronics Controls Firmware expertise to wider organization. The candidate will interact with multiple teams in different Business units and expertise teams with high level of expertise and knowledge in power systems and electrical distribution design. He or she will lead and drive the innovation and technical work package within the organization regarding emerging applications such as Power Conversion Units (modules or equipment) for New Energy Landscape (DC applications such as battery charging, Datacenter, Prosumer/AC Microgrid, etc.) and solid state/hybrid circuit breakers with Controls Firmware scope while taking into account devices, topology and hardware electronics.

What will you do?

You will work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.

You will drive and manage the studies and investigations within the streams and projects with a global mandate. He or she will be very active with external partners and will drive innovation with Labs and Consortiums.

The mission

• Include all activities where Power Electronics Controls Firmware expertise is needed.
• Main focus is expected to be on new design and innovative applications.

The candidate will:

• Deliver elements of given design using established processes and best practices
• Architect offers/subsystems from Technical Specifications to meet Customer Values expectations
• Develop a strong expertise in Power Electronics Controls, in order to reinforce our technical leadership.
• Lead within our organization and behave as a thought leader with good understanding of the customer processes, impacting business and customer.

Responsibilities

• Actively contributes to Technical Excellence.
• Influences the Technical Direction on Power Electronics Controls associated firmware in anticipation of offer creation and also influences bricks, platforms or methods across the organization
• Has an important impact on Schneider Electric business, offers and technologies. Is a renowned professional within the company and a Business Unit
• Leads specification, design, analysis and development of controls for advanced high power 3-phase converters (50kVA to several MVA, 400V/480V) for various applications
• Develops models, algorithms and firmware code to implement high accuracy, high efficiency and feature-rich converter designs
• Leads or contributes to advanced algorithm architecture, microcontroller/microprocessor firmware design, real-time control strategies, fault-detection and diagnostics strategies.
• Proves design concepts through a combination of computer simulation (HIL, MIL, SIL, etc.) and possibly physical laboratory implementation/testing
• Employs simulation tools to model and analyze circuits and control algorithms for various performance criteria. Supports testing/validation efforts as necessary.
• Works closely with cross-functional team of product owners, hardware engineers and electro-mechanical engineers to ensure overall system approach
• Contributes to hardware design of control circuits: selection of associated components such as processors and peripherals, logic devices, A/D and D/A converters, I/O devices, etc.
• Participates in the specification of various components for power electronics converter (e.g. power semiconductors, magnetic devices, capacitors, etc.)

What qualifications will make you successful? 

The position requires a certain autonomy with a leading spirit to work in advanced research topics where the critical thinking is a key success factor. These soft skills are important in addition to the required expertise in one or multiple electrical fields:

• Education: PhD (Electrical Engineering with Power Electronics emphasis) and seniority level are valuable. Candidates with less educational qualifications could be considered based on their level of proven expertise in the industry.
• 10 years of industrial experience or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of power electronics converters circuits and power conversion principles.
• High analytical skills, including in power system related calculations, digital filtering, and circuit analysis.
• Expertise in developing controls for power electronics systems, different topologies and design is required.
• Experience in designing controls for power conversion systems in LV (less than 1000V, 3phase) environment with power ratings from 50kW to several MW. Experience with MV power electronics a plus.
• Ability to conduct model based-design approach for controller designs of power converters including designing and analyzing control loop stability and performance
• Experience using various simulation tools (e.g. Matlab/Simulink, PSIM, PLECS) for power electronics controls design and hardware-in-loop (HIL) techniques on Typhoon and/or Opal-RT systems.
• Demonstrated experience in C / C and assembly languages for embedded systems
• Experience in embedded firmware development for power electronics converter applications.
• Any application knowledge is an added value

Soft Skills:

• Self-motivated
• Innovator
• Collaborator
• Able to propose decisions with partial information
• Influence through technical expertise
• Presentation skills

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

Why us?

Schneider Electric is leading the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Our technologies enable the world to use energy in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner. We strive to promote a global economy that is both ecologically viable and highly productive.

€25.7bn global revenue

137 000 employees in 100 countries

45% of revenue from IoT

5% of revenue devoted for R&D

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