Lead Power Electronics Engineer

About the role

Eaton’s CTO Corporate Technology Office division is seeking a Lead Power Electronics Engineer to join their team based in Menomonee Falls, WI.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead and/or project lead in technology realization programs/projects utilizing our internal project execution processes, including Gate Reviews, Design Reviews, and Technical Reviews.
• Be responsible for the execution of milestones that are critical to the project.
• The technical lead coordinates activities with other engineering resources on the team to ensure the timely completion of the project milestones.
• Create, execute, and track all the milestones for the entire project.
• Assign roles and responsibilities for the project team members.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions contributing to the technology strategy for their department.
• Contribute to the value proposition development for technical projects and programs.
• Contribute to government proposal preparation and/or assist with project execution.
• May serve as technical lead in proposal preparation and/or owner of work package during project execution.
• Support building business relationships by presenting ideas and projects, participating in ideation events and acquiring resources and funding needed.
• Aid in the identification of leading external partnerships, outside technologies and best practices to bring to Eaton.
• Participate in external open innovation events with universities and research institutes.
• Develop as a subject matter expert through active participation in conferences, seminars and/or consortium meetings in relevant industry to network and stay current on topics in their field.
• Actively contribute to IP generation through authoring or co-authoring disclosures and patents.
• Effectively apply appropriate processes, system and tools (ex: DFSS).
• Mentor Jr staff and consult internal business and engineering customers.

Qualifications

• PhD Degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
• At least 0-2 years’ industrial or entrepreneurial experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in low and medium voltage High frequency transformers and Inductors design for power conversion applications using power electronics technology, including creating specifications, defining application space, designing technical solution concepts, and building and testing prototypes to validate models/hypotheses and documenting results.
• Expertise in the following areas: Motor Drive technology, drive/converter topologies, high-power electronics; electric machines and controls; electrification of vehicles, energy storage, and grid connected converters; alternative power generation and distribution.
• Experience in modeling power converters and power systems using simulation tools (example: MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, Simplorer, PSIM and/or PSCAD).
• Experience in power electronics electromechanical packaging techniques; understanding of the effects of parasitic capacitance/inductance on circuit performance, familiarity with techniques for the minimization and/or control of parasitics, familiarity with voltage creepage and clearance requirements and various insulation and interconnection techniques; familiarity with various power electronic component cooling techniques, etc.
• Experience with real time simulators such as DSPACE, OPAL-RT and/or RTDS.