Job Details
Power Electronics Engineer (Entry Level to <8 Yrs Experience)
Baltimore, Maryland
Our client is seeking Electrical Engineers specializing in Power Electronics Hardware and/or Control Design. More specifically, Power Electronics Engineers will be involved in:
- Design and testing of SiC based power electronic converter topologies including active rectifiers, isolated DC-DC converters, solid-state-transformers, and high-speed motor drives.
- Design and test DSP based digital control algorithms, FPGA modulators, and PLC based high-level system controllers.
- Detailed PCB designs including SiC gate drivers, system control PCBs, and support hardware.
- Design and test low (1.2 - 1.7 kV) and medium voltage (3.3 10 kV) SiC semiconductor modules.
- Design embedded control algorithms, harmonic compensators, software PLLs, and other embedded algorithms.
- Develop Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop test setups, control cards, and control algorithms.
- Experience with medium voltage power distribution, solid-state-transformers, and printed circuit board design experience highly desirable.
Minimum Requirements:
- United States Citizenship required due to US Government ITAR program restrictions.
- BS in electrical engineering, computer science, or related major required, with minimum 3.3 GPA, MS and PhDs a plus
- Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.
- The following experience is not required, but highly desirable:
- Designing and/or controlling motor drives, ac-dc, and dc-ac converters
- High speed communications development with high performance FPGAs
- Programming various microcontrollers and DSPs
- Hands-on experience with OPAL-RT, Typhoon, or other HIL platforms
Immediate Requirements/Projects include:
- High Power SiC and Silicon power device design into converters/inverters.
- EMI/EMC MIL 461 Compliance and other MIL spec design requirements
- Multiple parallel/series connected bi-directional galvanically isolated AC/DC, DC/DC converters.
- 13.8 kV and 4160V grid interface power converters
- MV Isolated DC-DC converters
- Power levels 50kW to 500kW converters/inverters that are linked together for higher power levels up in MWs.
- Navy (surface & sub), Army vehicles and infrastructure, Aircraft
Hybrid work schedule where time can be split between working from home, and in-person working in the Baltimore, MD office. Flexible schedules available.