Hybrid Controls Engineer – Grid-Tie Power Systems

Mainspring Energy, Inc.; Menlo Park (CA); Híbrido; USD 119.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Mainspring Energy, Inc. is seeking an Associate Controls Engineer to join our Electrical Systems Controls team in Menlo Park.

You will design, implement, and test control algorithms for the Linear Generator, coordinating DC buses, batteries, inverters, and generators with a focus on reliability and real-time performance. You will work closely with hardware and software teams, build simulation tests, and contribute to full system ownership of critical control subsystems, including diagnostics,

Formación

• BS or MS in electrical, mechanical, or software engineering with a specialization in control systems or power systems.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and testing controls and automation algorithms in software.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration across diverse hardware and software engineering teams.

Responsabilidades

• Help integrate inverters, batteries, brake resistors, and generators all on a common DC bus.
• Design, implement, and tune control algorithms that coordinate the DC bus, batteries, and grid tie inverters, in simulation and on hardware.
• Implement algorithms and continuous-integration tests (MIL, SIL, PIL) in C++17.
• Develop automation, diagnostics, and fail-safes for a novel integrated platform.
• Analyze system data and refine control strategies.
• Develop and automate test plans, test cases, and traceability matrices to ensure comprehensive coverage.
• Conduct failure analysis, risk mitigation, and validation to maintain robust control performance.
• Debug sensors, actuators, and subsystems, addressing noise, disturbances, and calibration.
• Support fleet generator operation, manufacturing testing, and reliability efforts.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with power electronics, mechanical, thermal, firmware, and test teams to define requirements, integrate multi-physics systems, implement new software features, and drive validation.
• Start by building simulation tests and supporting hardware validation of new grid tie inverter control algorithms, with a structured pathway toward taking full technical ownership of critical control subsystems.

Conocimientos

Control systems

Power systems

C++17

Collaboration

Testing software controls

Educación

Electrical/Mechanical/Software Eng with control/power specialization

Descripción del empleo

Mainspring Energy, Inc. is seeking an Associate Controls Engineer to join our Electrical Systems Controls team in Menlo Park.

You will design, implement, and test control algorithms for the Linear Generator, coordinating DC buses, batteries, inverters, and generators with a focus on reliability and real-time performance. You will work closely with hardware and software teams, build simulation tests, and contribute to full system ownership of critical control subsystems, including diagnostics,