Electrical Controls Engineer: Power Electronics for Drives

Baker Hughes Gruppe; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Thrift Plan (401k)

Flexible working patterns

Work-life balance

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer to design and develop power converters and inverters for Industrial VSDs used in energy extraction. You will lead architecture, validation, and gate-driver development, while contributing to fault detection schemes and advanced control algorithms.

The role requires strong power electronics expertise, capability to collaborate across engineering, product, and supply chain teams, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or related engineering discipline.
• Strong experience in power electronics design, including AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC conversion systems.
• Expertise in power converter and inverter architecture development and validation.
• Experience developing gate drivers, fault detection systems, and protection schemes for power electronic applications.
• Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and system-level design capabilities.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience working with engineering, product development, and supply chain teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and validate power converter and inverter architectures, subcomponents, and performance for industrial applications.
• Lead analytical and design activities using established power electronics methodologies.
• Develop gate driver designs for optimal performance and reliability of power electronics systems.
• Create fault detection, protection, and signaling schemes for enhanced diagnostics and fault mitigation.
• Support development of advanced power control algorithms for industrial variable speed drives.
• Collaborate with teams to validate power section performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Communicate technical strategies to senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to technical documentation, white papers, and design guidelines.

Skills

Power electronics

Gate drivers

Fault detection

Control algorithms

C programming

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altera FPGA design tools

MATLAB/Simulink

SimPowerSystems

Simscape

Model Predictive Control Toolbox

Fuzzy Logic Toolbox

Stateflow Toolbox

Robust Control Toolbox

Neural Network Toolbox

LabVIEW

AMPL

CPLEX

PowerWorld Simulator

PSIM

PSCAD

ETAP

SABER

Job description

Baker Hughes is seeking an Electrical Controls Engineer to design and develop power converters and inverters for Industrial VSDs used in energy extraction. You will lead architecture, validation, and gate-driver development, while contributing to fault detection schemes and advanced control algorithms.

The role requires strong power electronics expertise, capability to collaborate across engineering, product, and supply chain teams, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to