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GE Vernova Drives Control Engineering Manager in Rugby, United Kingdom
Job Description Summary
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, power electronics systems, electrical drives and control technologies that evolve today’s industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future. We serve specialized sectors such as energy, marine, industry and all related services.
Job Description
As the Drives Control Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers to design the next generation of digital control systems for power electronic systems and electrical machines. This is a technical role and will involve working in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to deliver control algorithms used in low voltage & medium voltage MW-scale power electronics converter systems and electrical drives for Marine, Naval, Energy and Industry applications. These drive systems are DC and AC multiphase drives ranging from a few hundred KW to tens of MW.
In this role you will focus on:
Managing a team of engineers to specify, design, code, validate and maintain control systems for power electronic converters and electrical drive systems based on customer and internal requirements.
Designing Core Drive Control firmware and control algorithms for vector control of electrical drive systems, and for various converter topologies including PWM and other control strategies.
Defining the architectures, coding standards, and creating road maps for embedded control software & hardware to be deployed on FPGAs & DSPs.
Developing and maintaining good engineering interfaces with the wider engineering community and peer groups within GE Vernova.
Supporting commissioning and validation of electrical drive systems.
Integrating control software into larger systems and verifying their functionality.
Writing technical documentation.
Applying best engineering standards and developing design practices ensuring your designs comply with relevant health & safety and international standards.
Travelling to customer sites for meetings or equipment validation, typically a few times per year for a duration of a few days up to 2 weeks.
We are looking for a committed and professional individual with:
A relevant degree in Electrical, Electronics, Software Engineering or equivalent, or significant experience in an industrial software engineering environment.
A sound understanding of programming principles of electrical machines, electrical drives, converters, etc.
Deep domain knowledge of control strategies for power electronics converter systems, embedded control systems, PWM (and other switching strategies), electrical machines, and encoderless field-oriented algorithms.
Experience with linear & non-linear control systems
Proficiency using simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink etc.
Experience with C-code programming or automatic code generation.
An awareness of embedded software design, microprocessor & FPGA programming principles.
Knowledge of the entire Product Life Cycle, from requirements flow down, initial design to detailed design, through levels of testing and validation and maintenance.
Comprehensive understanding of real-time operating systems and methods/approaches underlying the design and writing of software for a real-time environment.
Good understanding of floating point and integer mathematics.
Availability and an unrestricted right to travel domestically and overseas.
Eligibility to obtain UK security clearance to BPSS clearance level or higher ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels ).
What will make you stand out:
Understanding of power electronics converter topologies and semiconductor devices (Diodes, Thyristors, IGBTs, GTOs, IGCTs, MOSFETS, SiC, GaN etc).
Strong understanding of electrical machines: DC, Induction, Synchronous, Permanent magnet machines etc.
High speed communications such as Ethernet, fibre optic Ethernet and higher speed derivatives thereof.
Modelling and simulation of power electronic converter systems and drive systems.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
You can expect from us:
Challenging and exciting projects.
A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexibility requirements and hybrid work.
Attractive compensation.
Flexible benefits so you can build a package that fits your personal needs. Some core benefits are: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution), Income protection, Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance.
26 days vacation + bank holidays.
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