Power Electronics Engineer

Number of employees

150

Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States

Posted on: 2022-08-12

Category: renewables

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Energy Vault is the creator of sustainable energy storage solutions designed to accelerate the transition to a carbon free, resilient power grid and transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage. Energy Vault works to combat climate change by enabling clean and reliable electricity through innovative gravity and kinetic based energy storage technologies.   Energy Vault combines innovative design, advanced materials science, and proprietary machine-vision software to orchestrate the storage and dispatch of electrical power by lifting and lowering composite bricks, made from eco-friendly materials.  Energy Vault’s commitment to sustainability is reflected in a unique approach to the circular economy which utilizes local industrial and energy waste, including remediated coal ash and recycled wind blades converted to recyclable materials, to build the system’s composite bricks. Energy Vault innovates to enable the global shift to a world powered by renewable resources.

About Energy Vault
Energy Vault develops sustainable energy storage solutions designed to transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage for grid resiliency. Our proprietary gravity-based Energy Storage Technology and the Energy Storage Management and Integration Platform are intended to help utilities, independent power producers and large industrial energy users significantly reduce their levelized cost of energy while maintaining power reliability. Utilizing eco-friendly materials with the ability to integrate waste materials for beneficial re-use, Energy Vault is facilitating the shift to a circular economy while accelerating the clean energy transition for its customers. Energy Vault is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols NRGV and NRGV WS. For more information, please visit www.energyvault.com.

About EV Solutions
EV Solutions is a division within Energy Vault that focuses on creating technology agnostic customer focused solutions.  Utilizing its proprietary hardware architecture and technology agnostic software controls and optimization platform EVS caters to customers in enabling a renewable energy world. 
 
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Power Electronics Engineer – Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to join our team.  As our perfect candidate for the role, you will provide leadership with our product development and project delivery by establishing processes and creating technical documents. As we rapidly grow and deliver several projects simultaneously globally, you will help document and build scalable processes, technical solutions, and products.

At Energy Vault we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We believe inclusion creates opportunity for collaborative excellence through diversity of thought. We invite individuals of all genders, races, identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, national origins, abilities, protected veteran status, religions, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds to explore employment with our organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the validation tests, troubleshooting, commissioning, and implementation of power electronics of the battery storage system. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Work with customer to determine system requirements and verify our solution will meet and exceed our customer’s requirements
  • Plan design verification tests for AC/DC converter and DC systems.
  • Perform in-depth evaluation of power electronic systems like DC/AC converters
  • Prepare and maintain product development technical documents such as all technical design philosophy, calculations, datasheets, bill of material, diagrams, and layouts
  • What a qualified candidate should possess

  • Master’s Degree in Electrical/Power Electronics Engineering (PhD a plus)
  • 2+ years’ experience in design of power electronics systems in product development or application engineering role
  • Deep technical knowledge of inverter-based generation systems design, operation, and maintenance
  • Experience with designing, testing, analyzing, evaluating power electronics systems (AC/DC and DC/DC converters)
  • Experience working on PSCAD, PSS/E and other modeling software
  • Familiarity with relevant industry and standards such as UL 1741 SA, IEEE 1547, NERC standards, ISO requirements
  • Experience in renewable energy or energy storage industry a plus
  • Willingness to travel
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