Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer

Insight Global (United States); Kitchener; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Kitchener, ON seeks a Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer to advance inverter and power conversion systems for large-scale energy storage. You will design and validate control systems across electrical, firmware, and hardware domains, and build real-time simulations and HIL environments for rigorous testing.

The role requires a Master’s degree and 5+ years in power electronics, with hands-on lab experience and familiarity with grid interconnection standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in power electronics, power conversion, controls or validation.
• Strong understanding of power converters, including inverters, PCS, motor drives or VFDs.
• Hands-on experience testing and troubleshooting power converters in a lab environment.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or comparable model-based design tools.
• Exposure to HIL or real-time simulation using OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL, dSPACE, RTDS or similar platforms.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Utility-scale inverter, PCS or BESS experience.
• Experience with PSCAD.
• Familiarity with IEC, UL and IEEE grid-interconnection standards.
• Automated test/regression framework experience.
• Knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, SPI, UART or Modbus.
• GitHub/Bitbucket or similar version-control experience.
• Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate power converter control systems (inverters, PCS, motor drives) across hardware and software.
• Develop real-time simulation and HIL environments to test control models.
• Perform hands-on testing of power conversion equipment in the lab and field.
• Support certification, grid-code compliance, and regression testing activities.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, controls, and global engineering teams to advance product development.

Skills

Power electronics

Power conversion

Controls

MATLAB/Simulink

HIL testing

CAN

Ethernet

Modbus

GitHub

OPAL-RT

Typhoon HIL

dSPACE

RTDS

PSCAD

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

OPAL-RT

Typhoon HIL

dSPACE

RTDS

PSCAD

GitHub

Bitbucket

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer to join a growing engineering team in Kitchener, ON. This individual will support the continued development, testing, and validation of inverter and power conversion systems used in large-scale energy storage applications. The engineer will work across power electronics, controls, firmware, and hardware to design and validate power converter control systems, develop real-time simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments, and perform hands-on testing of power conversion equipment. They will use tools such as MATLAB/Simulink to develop and test control models, troubleshoot system-level issues, support automated and regression testing, and validate performance in both simulated and high-voltage lab environments. The role will also support certification and grid-code compliance activities, root-cause analysis, field issues, and continued product development while collaborating closely with firmware, hardware, controls, and global engineering teams.

Skills and Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in power electronics, power conversion, controls or validation.
• Strong understanding of power converters, ideally including inverters, PCS, motor drives or VFDs.
• Hands-on experience testing and troubleshooting power converters in a laboratory environment.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or comparable model-based design tools.
• Exposure to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or real-time simulation using OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL, dSPACE, RTDS or similar platforms.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Utility-scale inverter, PCS or Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) experience.
• Experience with PSCAD.
• Familiarity with IEC, UL and IEEE grid-interconnection standards.
• Automated test/regression framework experience.
• Knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, SPI, UART or Modbus.
• GitHub/Bitbucket or similar version-control experience.
• Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].