System Validation Engineer - SST & Microgrid Solutions

Delta Corp; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Electronics Americas is building the next generation of solid-state, grid-interactive power blocks for datacenters, renewable energy systems, and advanced microgrids.

The Validation Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and owning system-level validation across SST and microgrid products, spanning simulation, HIL, lab, and early field environments. You will bridge design intent with real-world behavior and support US interconnection standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Power Electronics, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in system validation, verification, or test engineering for power or energy systems
• Strong understanding of power electronics and inverter-based systems
• Experience with simulation, HIL, or laboratory validation environments
• Ability to translate high-level requirements into executable validation activities

Responsibilities

• Develop validation plans and strategies for SST and microgrid products across development stages
• Translate system, functional, and grid-interaction requirements into validation test cases and acceptance criteria
• Define validation coverage across grid-connected operation, islanded microgrid operation, mode transitions and recovery, and abnormal/fault conditions
• Execute and coordinate validation across offline simulation, HIL/RTDS-based testing, laboratory and hardware testing
• Validate system behavior for voltage, current, power regulation, dynamic response, and load changes
• Support validation of fault detection, protective actions, and fault handling logic
• Align validation activities with IEEE 1547/1547.1 and interconnection requirements
• Document validation results, track issues, and provide evidence for certification readiness

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Power Systems

Power Electronics

System validation

Simulation

HIL

Lab testing

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

RTDS

EMT-based tools

Job description

Delta Electronics Americas is building the next generation of solid-state, grid-interactive power blocks for datacenters, renewable energy systems, and advanced microgrids.

The Validation Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and owning system-level validation across SST and microgrid products, spanning simulation, HIL, lab, and early field environments. You will bridge design intent with real-world behavior and support US interconnection standards.