Advanced Staff Engineer - Power Electronics

General Electric Company

$112K — $135K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in Power Electronics engineering
  • U.S. Citizenship or legal resident required due to export control regulations
  • PhD or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred
  • Experience with high voltage and high-power converters/inverters (min. 10kW, >270V)
  • Strong knowledge of power conversion topologies and control methods.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership to cross functional project teams
  • Develop and present detailed technical analyses during technical reviews
  • Coordinate technology efforts across GE Aerospace divisions for product roadmaps
  • Act as the primary customer-facing technical lead for projects on power systems
  • Implement technical program plans collaborating with suppliers and manufacturing
  • Craft action plans to address program issues as they arise
  • Support customer proposals with technical expertise in electronics.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance provided
  • Access to innovative technology projects
  • Opportunity for high-level technical leadership
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across aerospace divisions
  • Mentorship opportunities in talent development.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
Activities contributing to the design and development of products, solutions and systems. Includes activities linked to technical improvement of existing products and components Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership to the cross functional team working on the project
  • Develop detailed technical analyses and then participate and present in the technical reviews
  • Coordinate technology efforts in close collaboration with other GE Aerospace divisions and ensure that such efforts are incorporated into long-term multi-generational technology and product road maps.
  • Serve as the customer facing technical lead or principal investigator on technology projects including but not limited to power generation, power conversion, power systems analysis, power systems control and energy storage system integration
  • Implement plans to meet technical program requirements by working with suppliers, manufacturing, and other disciplines
  • Develop and implement action plans to address issues as they arise on programs
  • Provide technical support for various customer proposals
  • Has expertise on technical developments in Power Electronics
  • Has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
  • Identify, mentor and coach technical talent to serve as Principal Investigators on new product development programs
  • Support Leadership by reviewing customer requirements and highlighting differences/gaps between those requirements and product capabilities.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related engineering fieldfrom an accredited university or college
  • A minimum of 10 years of experiencein Power Electronics engineering field
  • This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment..

Desired Characteristics

  • PhD or Master’s in Electrical Engineeringfrom an accredited university or college
  • Experience with high voltage and high-power converters/inverters (minimum of 10kW, working voltages above 270V)
  • Has knowledge of power conversion topologies and controls related to DC-DC, DC-AC and AC-DC power conversion
  • Has working knowledge of single phase and three phase electrical machines such as induction machines and synchronous machines, in motoring and generating modes
  • Working knowledge of EMI (CM and DM) and compliance to military and commercial standards (DO-160G and MIL-STD-461), transformer design, semiconductor switches, gate driver design, and different PWM schemes
  • Experience with semiconductor loss modeling and testing (pump back and double pulse tests)
  • Familiarity with control systems using DSPs and microcontrollers and/or FPGAs
  • Familiarity with circuit schematic and layout tools such as Altium
  • Simulation experience with PLECS, LTSPICE, Simplorer/ANSOFT/FEMM, Matlab/Simulink or similar tools
  • Strong Electrical circuit design experience and layout knowledge
  • Hands on experience working in a lab environment
  • Experience with new technology (NTI) and new product (NPI) introductions in the topical area of power conversion
  • Influence, facilitation, and negotiation skills; boundary-less/solution-focused approach
  • US Citizenship Status.
  • Note:


    To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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