What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Power Electronics Systems Integration and Modeling Engineer position at Enphase Energy?
Description
Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
About The Role
The Enphase System Control Innovation (SCI) team in the office of the CTO is responsible for defining, prototyping, and supporting the next generation system control solutions for Enphase products. The team is an integrated, multi-disciplinary group that is fast-moving and looking for motivated individuals that can contribute and collaborate closely with the team to deliver innovative solutions. As a member of the SCI team, you will solve some of the most exciting problems in the distributed energy space and help shape the direction of our products.
The Enphase SCI team is seeking a Staff Power Electronics Systems Integration and Modeling Engineer to develop, integrate, and validate system and component control and integration approaches for next generation system products and improve current designs.
What You Will Do
Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
About The Role
The Enphase System Control Innovation (SCI) team in the office of the CTO is responsible for defining, prototyping, and supporting the next generation system control solutions for Enphase products. The team is an integrated, multi-disciplinary group that is fast-moving and looking for motivated individuals that can contribute and collaborate closely with the team to deliver innovative solutions. As a member of the SCI team, you will solve some of the most exciting problems in the distributed energy space and help shape the direction of our products.
The Enphase SCI team is seeking a Staff Power Electronics Systems Integration and Modeling Engineer to develop, integrate, and validate system and component control and integration approaches for next generation system products and improve current designs.
What You Will Do
- Develop and validate detailed PSCAD electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation models that integrate power electronics systems, power systems, and control systems.
- Perform advanced modeling and analysis using PSCAD and other related modeling tools to support design, integration, and performance evaluation
- Implement custom control logic and custom-defined models using C within EMT/PSCAD models
- Develop specifications and integration designs for external control interfaces, sensing, electrical protection, and power system integration of power electronics products
- Apply simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and hardware testing to ensure models, controls, and interfaces are accurate and meet performance requirements
- Documentation of system and component requirements, models, and control approaches
- Participate in hands-on bring up of energy system hardware components (relays, power meters, power converters, power supplies, communications devices, etc.) and system electrical assemblies
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to test and troubleshoot prototype designs
- Mentor junior staff
- BS/MS/PhD Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline with modeling, control system engineering, and energy system experience.
- Job title and position level will be determined upon the candidate’s experience
- Minimum experience for a Senior Engineer: BS and 5 years of relevant experience / MS and 3 years / PhD
- Minimum experience for a Staff Engineer: BS and 8 years relevant experience / MS and 6 years / PhD and 3 years
- Candidates with greater levels of experience may be considered and are encouraged to apply
- Strong experience developing dynamical models for power electronics systems, generators, power systems, and/or HVDC systems and performing EMT simulations for stability, fault analysis, and protection coordination
- Proficiency developing, analyzing, and applying control and optimization approaches (e.g., phased-lock loops, closed-loop control systems, droop control, filtering and estimation, system identification, etc.) to energy systems
- Ability to understand and develop component and systems models and control algorithms in C/C
- Familiarity with grid codes, renewable integration, and inverter-based resources
- Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and drive solutions
- Ability to take ownership of development tasks and drive them to completion in a timely manner and with high quality to support team success
- Modeling/Simulation experience in MATLAB/Simulink
- Hands-on experience testing electrical and electromechanical system assemblies
- Familiarity with HIL simulation-based validation
- Proficiency with lab equipment including power meters, electronic loads, power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.
- Familiarity with power system integration codes and standards such as UL 1741 and IEEE 1547
- Occasional travel domestically
- Hybrid position (at least 3 days in the office per week) based in Austin, TX
Salary : $100,000 - $151,000