Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer

Eaton's ES AMER Sector Integration division is currently seeking a Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer. Relocation assistance & sponsorship is provided for this position.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $95247.0 - $139695.6 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you'll do:
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Eaton is seeking a Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer for the Power Electronics (PE) Center of Excellence (CoE). Eaton's PE CoE accelerates the company's growth through the development of Power Electronics platforms and building blocks that are scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable as well as standardized design methodologies that can be adopted by multiple businesses (e.g., UPS, EV charger, Energy storage, etc.), which provides a foundation for our business to more rapidly develop innovative products.
This individual will be responsible for control development, implementation, and validation for a wide spectrum of power conversion and protection products. This individual will also be responsible for driving the use and adoption of model-based techniques during the NPI process. This includes the use of Model in the Loop (MIL) and Hardware in the Loop (HIL) methodologies during the design and validation of new products within Eaton's product portfolio.
This individual will be a key member of the PE CoE and will report to the PE CoE Raleigh team manager.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• 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 and 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
• Initiates and leads design reviews and technical discussions, including brainstorming
• Stays current with the latest technology trends and applies knowledge to the development of control firmware for electric motors and power converters
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:

• BS in electrical engineering or computer engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of related engineering experience in the control algorithm development and implementation for electric motors and/or power converters
• Strong background in digital control and electric motor/power converter control techniques such as d-q transformation and P & Q control
• Experience with embedded software structuring and C/C++ programming
• Ability to learn new skills, technical knowledge, products, or industry
• Strong written communication and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in electrical engineering or computer engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Power Electronics hardware
• Working knowledge of HIL HW and SW
• Experience in developing and implementing electric motor and power converter control with auto-code generation tools (e.g., Simulink Coder)
• Experience with DSP, FPGA, microcontrollers, and standard peripheral components
• Experience with the control techniques for the grid-connected Power Electronics, such as grid-forming inverters.
• Familiarity with the safety and compliance standards for the grid-connected converters will be a plus.

Professional:
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented individual.
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Collaborative orientation, the ability to succeed in a highly team-oriented, global, and diverse environment.
• Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy, and truthful manner.
• Desire for innovation, new product development, program management ... to make what matters work!
• Position requires up to 15% travel domestically and internationally.
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