Chief Engineer - Power Electronics Control

Responsibilities

• Lead power electronics and battery control and protection algorithms for electric motors, power converters, and energy storage systems, taking full ownership of assigned tasks or projects.
• Performs modeling and simulation for the electric motors, power converters, and battery 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.
• Create technical reports and presentations.
• Guides and nurtures other control engineers to enhance their technical skills and experience.
• Supports the development of PE and Battery CoE strategy, direction, and priorities.
• Keeps abreast of the latest power electronics technologies and business trends, applies this knowledge to power conversion and protection, and identifies new opportunities.
• Promotes engineering excellence in both the PE and Battery CoE and the BU’s teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 10 years experience developing and implementing control algorithms for electric motors, power converters, or energy storage systems, which could include academic or research experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with DSP, microcontrollers, and standard peripheral components.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with HIL modeling development and testing.
• MS or PhD in engineering (Preferred).
• At least 3 years of experience in leading teams or projects from a technical perspective.
• Strong background in digital control, electric motor/power converter/battery control techniques.
• Experience in developing and implementing control for electric motors, power converters, and energy storage systems using auto-code generation tools (e.g., Simulink Coder).
• Knowledge of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and digital signal processing.
• Familiarity with power electronics or energy storage systems 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.
• Experience working in diverse cultural settings with global customers and team members.
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes (e.g., DFMEA, 8D).