Senior MV Power Controls Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a senior electrical engineer to lead control design and validation for power generation and management systems. You will architect complex control algorithms, integrate with MV protection schemes, and drive high-performance PLC/embedded implementations.

The role emphasizes model-based design, high-fidelity simulations, automated verification, and production-ready code, with extensive collaboration across manufacturing and product teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Control design, validation, and market launch of new power generation and power management products, owning technical decisions from concept through production release.
• Define precise control system functional requirements; architect, design, implement, and integrate complex control algorithms into final designs.
• Develop and optimize control algorithms for power conversion, power management, and machine operation, including closed-loop tuning, stability analysis, and performance optimization.
• Develop and validate control, synchronization, and paralleling algorithms for medium-voltage (1 kV–38 kV) power systems, coordinating with MV protective relaying and switchgear interlocks.
• Apply model-based design methodologies: build high-fidelity system simulations, perform automated design verification, and generate production-ready code.
• Develop and optimize PLC and embedded control programming for reliable, high-performance machine operation.
• Design, develop, execute, and evaluate fitness-for-use testing, product specifications, and process validation plans using HIL/SIL, bench, and system-level methods.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners and designers to optimize complex designs for manufacturability and serviceability.
• Drive product development plans to meet schedule, product cost, and design input commitments.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor to raise engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Control algorithms

MV power systems

MV protection interfacing

Closed-loop control

Model-based design

HIL/SIL testing

PLC programming

Industrial protocols

Machine design

Power management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

SAP

MS Office

Ethernet/IP

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a senior electrical engineer to lead control design and validation for power generation and management systems. You will architect complex control algorithms, integrate with MV protection schemes, and drive high-performance PLC/embedded implementations.

The role emphasizes model-based design, high-fidelity simulations, automated verification, and production-ready code, with extensive collaboration across manufacturing and product teams.