Lead Engineer, Controls Modeling And Sim

Controls Modeling & Simulation Engineer

You’ve discovered something special. A company that cares. Cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing and renewable energy. Cares about redefining how energy is designed, applied and consumed. Cares about thoughtfully growing to meet market demands. And - as “one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” - is focused on the mind/body/soul of team members through our Culture of Care. As a Controls Modeling & Simulation Engineer in the R&D group, you will be responsible for developing control systems in a physics-based modeling and simulation environment for electrical, thermal, and mechanical systems used in distributed energy resources and power distribution. Collaborating with subject matter experts, product strategy teams, and systems engineers, you will create accurate and efficient control systems, optimization, and analytics algorithms to support technologies and products development within the Product Engineering organization. Through your expertise, you will play a key role in driving innovation and performance improvements in distributed energy and power distribution systems.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelors or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience:
  • 8+ years of experience in controls systems design and systems simulation
  • Proficiency in time-domain simulation software such as MATLAB, Simulink, or similar tools for controls systems design, pure simulation or real time operating platforms
  • Experience with Python, C++, or similar environments for development of optimization tools and controls logic
  • Knowledge of multi-physics modeling software such as Simscape, Simcenter Amesim, GT Suite, or similar
  • Proficient in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), model-in-the-loop (MIL), and software-in-the-loop (SIL) simulation platforms, including the integration of plant and controls models
  • Experience with HIL platforms including dSpace, speedgoat, NI, or others for testing of controls systems
  • Experience or familiarity with control system design, PLCs, or SCADA systems for microgrids
  • Strong understanding of renewable energy systems including solar, wind, power conversion, and battery energy storage systems.
  • Knowledge of power distribution concepts including uninterrupted power supply and power converters
  • Experience with management systems for battery energy storage, control of thermal management systems, optimization algorithms for energy management systems
  • Experience using version control for software, modeling and simulation including Git or other similar tools
• Travel: 5-10%
• Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday-Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead control system design, implementation, and validation for new technology and product development
• Develop proof-of-concept controls algorithms to support architecture trade studies and provide functional recommendations to software teams
• Collaborate with component and domain subject matter experts to translate functional requirements into controls, optimization, and diagnostics algorithms
• Develop and/or integrate physics-based modeling and simulation environment for a variety of electrical, thermal, and mechanical systems for distributed energy resources and power distribution
• Use simulation platforms to optimize and validate controls software design and overall system performance
• Conduct control system architecture trade studies and optimization to ensure maximized performance
• Utilize DOE, optimization methods, and data driven modeling and analysis tools