Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer

Eaton Corporation • Raleigh, NC

6d • $105,000 - $154,000

About The Position

Eaton is seeking a Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer for its Power Electronics (PE) Center of Excellence (CoE). The PE CoE accelerates Eaton’s growth by developing scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable power electronics platforms and building blocks. These platforms and blocks, along with standardized design methodologies, can be adopted by multiple businesses (e.g., UPS, LV/MV Drives, Energy Storage), providing a foundation for rapid innovation.

The Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer will be responsible for developing, implementing, and validating control systems for a wide range of power conversion and protection products. Additionally, they will drive the adoption of model-based techniques during the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, including Model in the Loop (MIL) and Hardware in the Loop (HIL) methodologies for design and validation of new products within Eaton’s portfolio. Position requires up to 15% travel domestic and international.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in developing and implementing control algorithms for electric motors and power converters, including academic or research experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience with HIL modeling development and testing
• Minimum 2 years of experience with DSP, microcontrollers, and standard peripheral components

Nice To Haves

• MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Strong background in digital control and electric motor/power converter techniques (e.g., d-q transformation, P & Q control).
• Experience in developing and implementing control for electric motors and power converters using auto-code generation tools (e.g., Simulink Coder).
• Knowledge of real-time operating systems and digital signal processing.
• Familiarity with power electronics hardware.
• Working knowledge of HIL hardware and software.
• Ability to quickly learn new skills, technical knowledge, products, or industry.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes (e.g., DFMEA, 8D).

Responsibilities

• Develops control and protection algorithms and firmware for electric motors and power converters
• Performs modeling and simulation for the electric motors and power converters control development
• Implements, tests, and troubleshoots control firmware
• Establish system & sub-system level control requirements from functional specifications and application needs
• Plans and performs control algorithms and firmware development and validation on HIL and lab
• Creates technical reports and presentations

Benefits

• Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level