Senior Power Electronics Controls Engineer – Grid & Microgrid

GridBlock; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GridBlock in Atlanta, Georgia seeks a Senior Power Electronics Controls Engineer to develop dynamic models and control architectures for advanced power electronics systems at the heart of GridBlock’s energy routing technology.

You will handle simulation-based performance analysis, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and integration with embedded real-time platforms, requiring extensive hands-on testing and strong collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering specialized in power electronics or controls.
• Strong knowledge of power electronics systems working principles, including AC/DC, DC/AC, DC/DC, AC/AC conversion and grid-connected converters.
• Experience with firmware writing (C/C++ programming) for power electronics products.
• Strong hands-on testing and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with real-time HIL simulation platforms (OPAL-RT, Typhoon, etc.).
• 10+ years of experience designing, testing and certifying control architectures for high power (20+ kW) conversion systems with proven deployment records.
• Experience with SoC and FPGA systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop dynamic models of power electronics converters including resonant converters, and advanced power electronics topologies in Matlab Simulink and PLECS
• Derive control architecture and investigate performances, robustness and stability across the entire operating space through fundamental analysis, simulation studies and hardware test
• Define subsystem and system-level tests to validate the newly implemented algorithms and their interactions with existing features
• Discretize control algorithms for software implementation, and work with the firmware team to integrate into the embedded real-time control platform
• Outline controller requirements based on system performance targets
• Test, validate, and troubleshoot digital control implementation on hardware controller
• Support safety/compliance testing

Skills

Power electronics knowledge

Control systems engineering

C/C++ firmware programming

Real-time testing

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering specialized in power electronics or controls

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

PLECS

OPAL-RT

Typhoon

SoC/FPGA

Job description

GridBlock in Atlanta, Georgia seeks a Senior Power Electronics Controls Engineer to develop dynamic models and control architectures for advanced power electronics systems at the heart of GridBlock’s energy routing technology.

You will handle simulation-based performance analysis, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and integration with embedded real-time platforms, requiring extensive hands-on testing and strong collaboration across teams.