Sensata Technologies

Power Electronics Controls Engineer

Sensata Technologies$95K — $131K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
  • Strong oral, written, and presentation communication skills
  • Excellent organization, planning, and time management
  • High personal ethics and accountability
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration with various stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Participate in creating innovative designs with cross-functional teams
  • Conduct feasibility studies and testing for new product designs
  • Organize development testing and engineering analyses for production launch
  • Participate in failure analysis and engineering evaluations
  • Maintain product documentation, including design and test reports
  • Collaborate with senior staff to gather customer specifications and project expectations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Education reimbursement options
  • Wellness programs
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
  • Variety of paid time off options including vacation and parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term incentive programs for eligible positions
Full Job Description
The Power Electronics Controls Engineer at Dynapower is responsible for designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems.

General Responsibilities
• Key participant in creating designs within inter-disciplinary teams to address complex product design and manufacturing challenges
• Collaborates on feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs
• Organizes development testing, engineering analysis, qualification testing, production launch
• Key participant in failure analysis investigations and engineering evaluations
• Maintains product documentation (drawings and specifications) and lessons including; producing design reports, test reports, operating manuals and test procedures
• Collaborates with senior engineers/managers to engage with customers in soliciting product specifications requirements, schedule expectations and budget

Experience / Qualifications
• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

Additional Qualifications Preferred:
  • Experience writing low-level control loops that are implemented in microcontrollers, microprocessors, and/or DSPs.
  • Knowledge of grid following, grid forming, and droop control algorithms to enable interconnection of Power Electronic Converters with utility grids
  • Background of utilizing HIL platforms to validate equipment control algorithms.
  • Experience with embedded system design and implementation of controller communication APIs
  • Knowledge of industry regulations such as UL1998, IEEE1547, and UL1741.
  • Hands on experience designing and testing high power systems to be used in commercial production.
  • Understanding of communication protocols such as Modbus, CANbus, OPC-UA, and/or Ethernet TCP/IP


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Base Salary Range:
$95,920.00 - $131,890.00

At Sensata, our employees are the key to our success and growth. We recognize that each individual brings their own unique experience, therefore the base salary range information shown above is a general guideline only. Sensata considers several factors when extending an offer, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations. In addition to base salary, Sensata offers competitive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans, along with education reimbursement, wellness programs, a 401(k) retirement plan with Company matching, and a variety of paid time off, such as vacation or flex-time, sick, bereavement, and parental leave. Certain positions are also eligible for short-term incentive and long-term incentive programs.

This position requires eligibility to obtain authorization under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Non-US Persons, as defined in the ITAR and EAR, may not be eligible to obtain authorization.

NOTE: If you are a current Sensata employee (or one of our Affiliates), please back out of this application and log into Workday via the Company Intranet to apply directly. Type "FIND JOBS" in the Workday search bar.

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company that develops and manufactures sensors and controls for a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, industrial, and HVAC. The company's products include pressure sensors, temperature sensors, position sensors, and switches, among others. Sensata Technologies is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in more than 20 countries around the world. The company was founded in 1916 as the Airco Sensor Company and was acquired by Texas Instruments in 1967. Sensata Technologies became an independent company in 2006 through a spin-off from Texas Instruments.
Learn more about Sensata Technologies
Size
21,300 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$164.2 million
Founded
2006
5 Year Trend
+3.6%
Revenue
$3 billion
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