Inverter Controls Engineer

Job description

Position: Full Time

Team: Controls Engineering

Business: Utility Scale Inverters – Solar Business

Location: Schneider Electric – Burnaby, BC

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Schneider Electric Solar is a world leader in advanced power electronics, headquartered near Vancouver, Canada. We are a fast-paced, dynamic cross-functional team-based company. Schneider makes a positive difference in the lives of people around the world by combining proven technology with unparalleled market understanding to bring our customers products that enable the delivery of electricity anytime, anywhere.

Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

We are currently seeking an Inverter Controls Engineer to join the Controls team based in our Burnaby, BC location. This position will be responsible for: research, development, implementation, and documentation of high speed controls for switched inverters in MATLAB and Simulink environment; simulation, HIL, and lab testing; design documentation, test support and test plan creation; and supporting grid interconnect function and certification testing.

We are looking for a positive, confident, self-motivated, passionate individual with a strong desire to work in an exciting, fast-paced, team based collaborative design environment to help us develop next generation technologies to empower and connect our products to each other, and to our customers.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Responsibilities

· Inverter control loop research, development, implementation, simulation, and verification

· Controller stability analysis

· Design and test with simulation in MATLAB/Simulink

· Analyzing requirements

· Researching and developing inverter features

· Creating and maintaining detailed design documentation

· Supporting other functional groups in collaborative efforts

· Work with compliance team to ensure successful completion of certification process

· Write engineering requirements, test plans, and validation reports

· Provide input, strongly support, and create design guideline documentation driving forward the continuous improvement of the team practices, process, and methods and overall quality of deliverables.

Education and Experience

· Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Electrical Engineering, or Mechatronics Engineering with specialization in Control Theory, Power Electronics, or Automation

· 3+ years proven experience in controls design and simulation, preferred to have within inverter controls or power electronics

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

· Feedback control theory including regulator tuning, system linearization and sensitivity analysis

· Power electronics control architecture AC/DC and DC/DC voltage and current controls, Phase Locked Loop design and pulse-width modulation algorithms

· MATLAB and Simulink simulation and programming for model-based design and automatic code generation.

· Structured approach to troubleshooting and problem solving

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated collaborative teamwork capabilities

· Structured approach to troubleshooting and problem solving

Desired Qualifications

· Digital control of inverters or other power conversion digital control techniques (preferably high power)

· Knowledge of High power (utility scale) bi-directional converter knowledge

· PV and Grid Tie Energy Storage system architecture / application knowledge

Working Conditions/Environment/Special Requirements

· Availability for 15% domestic and international travel

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which we operate. We welcome people as they are, creating an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company. We’re looking for people with a passion for success — on the job and beyond. See what our people have to say about working for Schneider Electric: https://youtu.be/6D2Av1uUrzY .




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