Power Electronics Engineer (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

As innovators in advanced power conversion and storage systems, we support our utility and industrial customers by solving their toughest electrification challenges and accelerating their transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral future. GE Vernova's Power Conversion & Storage business works closely with customers in energy-intensive industries. We focus on delivering integrated electrical systems, a strategy aligned with three major macrotrends: energy security, energy storage, and industrial electrification.

Job Description

The Power Electronics Engineer (m/f/d) is an experienced PE Engineer with previous experience on utility scale inverters (Multi-MW) and/or advanced power conversion technologies and topologies. It is the responsibility of the Power Electronics Engineer (m/f/d) to bolster and lead our cutting-edge global inverter development programs within the Vernova Electrification landscape.

Your Responsibilities

1. Own device characterization, double pulse testing, thermal and loss simulation modeling.
2. High- and detail-level design of gate drivers, lamination, DC link capacitors, cooling concepts, inverter integration etc.
3. Deliver major input to the Controls team regarding switching strategies and details.
4. Work with cross-functional and global teams to meet program objectives including non-technical requirements like milestone planning and reporting.

Your Profile

1. Completed university Engineering degree in Electronics Engineering, Power Electronics or a comparable field, PhD a plus.
2. Many years of subject-specific professional experience in Inverter design (e.g. Inverter/system level integration requirements like harmonics, thermal derating, efficiency concepts, protection strategies) or similar.
3. Thorough and detailed knowledge in semiconductor devices operating principles, with a focus on practical applicability to for example shape the switching characteristics to avoid SOA violations or oscillations and to reduce losses.
4. PCB design experience a plus, ideally in Altium or KiCAD.
5. Experienced in programming, ideally with CPLD/FPGA (VHDL), C++, Python etc.
6. Well versed with PE tools as e.g. PLEX, MATLAB, Ansys.
7. Familiarity with LEAN, Kaizen, Six Sigma a plus.
8. Lab experience, e.g. familiar with scopes, function gens, general do’s and don’ts in an electrical lab desired.
9. Very good technical understanding and communication skills, proven analytical way of working as well as experiences in organization, planning and managing.
10. Fluent in German and English.
11. High degree of initiative and motivation.

We offer

1. Company bound by a collective bargaining agreement with 35 hours/week and 30 days of vacation.
2. Flexible working time arrangements.
3. On-site canteen in Berlin.
4. Welcome Days for the perfect start in a global company.