Job description

Company Generac Power Systems

Name Engineer II - Product Electronics & Controls (Clean Energy)

Req # 62143

Employment Type Full Time

Shift 1st

It is a challenge and an invitation. Most importantly, it is an opportunity to join an industry leader and lead the way within our Generac Clean Energy team.

There has never been a better time to work at Generac. We are shaping the market and investing in new technologies which will assist us in becoming the global leader in the Clean Energy Storage System Market. Our growth enables rapid career advancement opportunities for those who want to be challenged and who enjoy a fast-paced, high-performance culture.

Generac Clean Energy team is seeking an experienced Engineer II – Product Electronics and Controls . The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to define, develop, test, release, and maintain into production high performance microprocessor-based power converters employed in energy storage subsystems, and switchgear, requiring precise, real-time performance.

Successful candidates should be passionate about enhancing system performance and continually adding new features and functionality to our family of advanced power electronics products. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-moving internal startup type environment as a team player and self-starter who often takes initiative from within teams to bring projects to completion. Many of our most successful team members are passionate advocates for clean energy and this drives a high-energy approach to work.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Contribute to overall system architecture definition for sophisticated switch mode converters and inverters, switch gear, and energy storage equipment.
Evaluate, model, implement, and test advanced, high-performance electronics HW & FW controls.
Develop, test, and document designs with appropriate formalism for safety critical applications as described in relevant standards such as UL 1741.

Minimal Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
2+ years of relevant work experience including the development and deployment of real-time embedded hardware, embedded software, as well as control systems for custom hardware platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:
MS Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics.
3+ years of direct experience in the development and deployment of real-time embedded control systems for custom HW platforms.
Formal training and implementation experience with Digital Signal Processing and Control Theory principles.
Prior design experience with the Microsemi PIC microprocessor family, as well as advanced DSP processors from TI such as the TMS320F family of 32-bit Floating Point DSPs.
Familiarity with PCB design tools, Altium, or others.
Prior experience in the development and documentation of embedded software compliant to formal safety certification processes such as UL 1998 or similar.
Prior experience developing HW & FW for Power Electronics applications e.g., Precision Motor and Servo controls, Uninterruptable Power Supplies, etc.
Prior experience with implementation of Distributed Energy Resources such as Solar/PV inverters or battery energy storage systems.
Experience with test equipment typically used for embedded electronics development such as Logic Analyzers, high performance Oscilloscopes and Spectrum Analyzers, etc.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally be ready to lift loads as large as 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job include actions typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. This position will require occasional travel, including internationally.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

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