Senior Power Electronics Engineer, HVAC R&D (Onsite)

Johnson Controls, Inc.; New Freedom (York County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Johnson Controls is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer for our Power Electronics team in our R&D - HVAC Engineering department based in New Freedom, PA. Candidates must be commuting distance, or able to relocate.

Lead design, testing, and sustainment of power electronics for the chiller portfolio; drive system‑level decisions, and ensure robust, manufacturable solutions with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power Electronics.
• 5+ years in power electronics or electrical engineering.
• Experience with three-phase power.
• Circuit design skills.
• Master's degree or PhD in Power Electronics (preferred).
• Experience with power electronics controls (preferred).
• IGBT-based inverters experience (preferred).
• Experience with Matlab/Simulink, OPAL-RT, Saber, HIL (preferred).
• HVAC industry experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical authority, leading design, testing, and sustainment of power electronics products for Johnson Controls’ chiller portfolio.
• Select and apply engineering techniques to develop robust, high‑performance power electronics solutions.
• Establish and maintain compliance frameworks for electrical circuitry with regulatory and internal standards.
• Translate requirements into designs meeting performance, reliability, and manufacturability targets for variable speed drives.
• Own creation, review, and release of engineering documentation for lifecycle support.
• Drive system‑level architecture and evaluate tradeoffs, cost impacts, and scalability.

Skills

Power electronics

Circuit design

Three-phase power

IGBT inverter experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree or PhD in Power Electronics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

OPAL-RT

Saber

HIL

Job description

Johnson Controls is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer for our Power Electronics team in our R&D - HVAC Engineering department based in New Freedom, PA. Candidates must be commuting distance, or able to relocate.

Lead design, testing, and sustainment of power electronics for the chiller portfolio; drive system‑level decisions, and ensure robust, manufacturable solutions with cross‑functional teams.