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Power Electronics Controls Research and Development Engineer

Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead R&D of advanced control technologies for next-generation power electronic systems, including converter control, grid-connected systems, and intelligent energy management.

Role type

Senior IC power electronics controls research and development engineer

Builds

Advanced control algorithms for voltage-source converters, bidirectional converters, active front ends, microgrids, and grid-forming converters

Domain

Power electronics, electrical energy conversion, grid modernization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

Control systems theory, dynamic systems modeling, signal processing, power system analysis, MATLAB/Simulink, HIL testing, real-time simulation, technology commercialization

Preferred skills

AI/ML for controls, grid codes and utility interconnection, digital control on DSPs/FPGAs

Technologies

MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, PSCAD, RTDS, OPAL-RT

Responsibilities

Lead R&D activities for control systems; develop and validate control strategies; perform system modeling, simulation, and verification; lead HIL/SIL/real-time simulation; collaborate with hardware and system teams; drive innovation via patents and publications; mentor engineers; support technology transfer

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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