Senior Engineer – Medium Voltage Power Converter Control

Huawei; Nürnberg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Canteen meals

Training opportunities

Language courses (German/Mandarin)

Diversity of cultures

Autonomy in role

Job summary

Huawei Ohm Research Center in Nuremberg seeks a Senior Engineer for Medium Voltage Power Converter Control. You will own control architecture, develop and validate DSP/FPGA based algorithms, and drive real-time implementations across teams.

You will lead SIL/PIL/HIL validation and address issues from modeling to field commissioning, with a focus on multilevel topologies and MS topologies.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of power converter dynamics and digital control.
• Strong knowledge of current, voltage and power control, and multilevel PWM.
• Experience with medium-voltage drives and multilevel topologies.
• Proficiency in Embedded C/C++ and DSP/MCU/FPGA/SoC control platforms.
• Ability to optimize computation and timing in real-time implementations.
• Hands-on experience with HIL testing and power test benches.

Responsibilities

• Own the control architecture for medium-voltage converter products, incl. hierarchy, modulation, sequencing and protection.
• Develop and validate current, voltage and power control algorithms and DC-link balancing.
• Assess topology impact on control performance and hardware interactions.
• Lead real-time implementation on DSP/FPGA/MCU/SoC platforms.
• Define interfaces and fault-response paths across controllers.
• Drive validation from modelling to field commissioning and testing.
• Resolve issues like oscillations, weak-grid interactions and harmonics.
• Establish reusable control modules and commissioning methods.

Skills

Power converter dynamics

Digital control

Closed-loop stability

Multilevel PWM

Synchronization

Power-cell balancing

Embedded C/C++

DSP/MCU/FPGA/SoC platforms

Real-time implementation

HIL/PIL testing

Education

Tools

DC links

Power semiconductors

Magnetics

Job description

Huawei's Ohm Research Center (Nuremberg) is responsible for Advanced Technology Research, Architecture Evolution Design and Strategic Technology Planning.

Power Conversion Technology Laboratory within the Huawei Ohm Research Center (Nuremberg) is responsible for Advanced Digital Power Technology Research, Architecture Evolution Design and Strategic Technology Planning, and plays an important role in the Huawei Digital Power business in the design and development of power converters and control systems for applications such as PV Solar & Battery Energy Storage Field, Data Centers, Electric Vehicle, and Embedded Power Supply.

Join us as a

Senior Engineer – Medium Voltage Power Converter Control (m/f/d)

Your mission

• Own the control architecture for medium-voltage converter products, including control hierarchy, closed-loop design, modulation, sequencing, protection coordination and fault management.
• Develop and validate current, voltage and power control, DC-link or capacitor balancing, multilevel modulation and synchronization algorithms.
• Assess the impact of converter topology, power semiconductors, magnetics, sensing, gate drives and protection on control performance.
• Lead the real-time implementation of control algorithms on DSP, FPGA, MCU or SoC platforms.
• Define functional partitioning, real-time interfaces, synchronization and fault-response paths across controllers.
• Drive validation from modelling, SIL/PIL and HIL through power test benches, prototypes and field commissioning.
• Resolve system-level issues involving oscillations, weak-grid interactions, power-cell imbalance, harmonics, nuisance trips and cell bypass.
• Establish reusable control modules, design guidelines and commissioning methods.

Your areas of expertise

• Deep understanding of power converter dynamics, digital control, closed-loop stability, sampling and delay effects.
• Strong knowledge of current, voltage and power control, multilevel PWM, synchronization and power-cell balancing.
• Good understanding of medium-voltage multilevel topologies, power semiconductors, magnetics, DC links, sensing, gate drives and protection.
• Proficiency in Embedded C/C++ and experience with DSP, MCU, FPGA or SoC control platforms.
• Ability to handle algorithm discretization, fixed- or floating-point implementation, execution timing and computational-load optimization.
• Practical capability in power test-bench and prototype commissioning, using waveforms, logs and measurement data for system analysis.
• Ability to drive technical decisions across control, hardware, software and system teams.
• At least 10 years of industrial experience in power converter control.
• Hands-on development experience with medium-voltage or high-power converter products.
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one relevant product, covering control concept, embedded implementation, prototype or system validation, and progression into field operation or series production.
• Experience with medium-voltage drives, STATCOM, HVDC, utility-scale energy storage PCS, wind converters or comparable products is preferred.
• Experience with CHB, MMC, NPC/ANPC or other medium-voltage multilevel topologies is preferred.
• Practical experience with HIL testing, power test benches or field commissioning.

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Your rewards of working here

• Our culture is characterized by innovative power and team spirit as well as the intensive exchange of knowledge and experience within our global network.
• We offer healthy meals ranging from traditional Chinese to western delicacies in our famous company canteen.
• To keep your development ongoing, you will find a broad range of training opportunities. Many online and face-to-face training programs incl. language courses in German and Mandarin.
• Our diverse and welcoming environment is shaped by different backgrounds and around 40 individual nationalities.
• Self-responsible work in a competent, motivated and constantly growing team.

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Our ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. With 208,000 employees, Huawei is committed to develop the future information society and build a Better Connected World.