Controls Design Engineer Job (Pittsburgh, PA, United States)

GE Energy Management is GE’s electrification and automation business, bringing the world reliable, efficient energy that enables utilities and other customers to manage electricity from the point of power generation to the point of power consumption. It is a $13 billion global business with 47,000 employees across 150 countries featuring three complementary business teams: Power Conversion, Industrial Solutions and Grid Solutions.

GE Energy’s Power Conversion business applies the science and systems of power conversion to help drive the electric transformation of the world’s energy infrastructure. Designing and delivering advanced motor, drive and control technologies that evolve today’s industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future. Energy Management – Power Conversion serves specialized sectors such as energy, marine, industry and all related services.

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

• Define product controls and software requirements and concepts
• Work independently or lead a small team to execute controls and software design and deployment
• Perform detailed analysis of control loops
• Perform detailed software coding and test activities
• Develop and implement software and product validation test plans
• Develop simulation models to evaluate system and sub-system concepts and design
• Participate in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and risk assessment activities
• Participate in writing product documentation and technical reports
• Participate in developing software cost and schedule estimates
• Work with electrical engineering to define control component requirements
• Support product commissioning engineers and commissioning activities
• Work with product support teams to determine root cause of system failures and implement corrective actions to meet product reliability goals for customers

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline
• ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability and willingness to travel 20% domestically and internationally

• Advanced Technical Degree
• Experience in the design of embedded or application software for drives, solar inverters or other power electronics products
• Experience with large (> 500 kW) power converters
• Experience in converter controls simulation and modeling
• Experience with drive and solar inverter industry standards
• Familiarity with controls and software for solid state power converters
• Familiarity with simulation tools such as dynamic system simulators (MATLAB / Simulink)
• Familiarity with high level programming languages
• Demonstrated ability to meet goals and objectives
• Effective technical documentation skills
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Effective interpersonal skills

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