Remote PhD Power Electronics Intern

AEGIS POWER SYSTEMS, INC.; Murphy (NC); On-site; USD 20,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Aegis Power Systems, Inc. seeks a highly motivated PhD Power Electronics Intern to advance next-generation power conversion technologies.

You will work with electrical, firmware, and systems engineers on control hardware, embedded firmware, and software for high-reliability power solutions. The internship offers opportunities to design, model, implement, and test converters, with direct exposure to the complete development lifecycle in a challenging aerospace/defense context.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Power Engineering, Controls, or a closely related discipline.
• Graduate-level research or project experience in power electronics and power conversion.
• Strong understanding of power converter topologies and switching power supplies.
• Knowledge of feedback control systems, digital control, and control-loop design.
• Experience with power electronics modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice, PSpice, or similar tools.
• Experience developing or working with embedded control systems, microcontrollers, DSPs, or FPGAs.
• Ability to work effectively in a laboratory environment with power electronics hardware and test equipment.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the research and development of a new, advanced power converter solution.
• Develop and evaluate power converter control architectures and algorithms.
• Design, prototype, and test control hardware and associated electronic circuitry.
• Develop embedded firmware and software used for converter control, monitoring, communication, and data acquisition.
• Model and simulate power electronic converter topologies, control loops, and system performance.
• Perform control-loop analysis, stability analysis, and system optimization.
• Support selection and evaluation of power semiconductor devices, magnetic components, sensors, and other critical components.
• Develop laboratory prototypes and support hardware bring-up and debugging.
• Conduct experimental testing to validate converter efficiency, transient response, thermal performance, stability, and overall system performance.
• Analyze test and simulation data and recommend design improvements.
• Troubleshoot complex interactions between power hardware, control electronics, firmware, and software.
• Document designs, simulations, test procedures, results, and technical findings.
• Prepare and present technical results and design recommendations to engineering leadership.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams throughout the development process.

Skills

Power electronics fundamentals

Embedded control systems

Digital control / control-loop design

Analytical / troubleshooting

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PLECS

LTspice

PSpice

DSP/FPGA

Job description

Aegis Power Systems, Inc. seeks a highly motivated PhD Power Electronics Intern to advance next-generation power conversion technologies.

You will work with electrical, firmware, and systems engineers on control hardware, embedded firmware, and software for high-reliability power solutions. The internship offers opportunities to design, model, implement, and test converters, with direct exposure to the complete development lifecycle in a challenging aerospace/defense context.