Lead Drives Control Engineer

2 months ago

Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom GE Aviation Full time
Job Description

GE Aviation is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Drives Control Engineer to join our Systems Engineering group. This is a technical role that involves working in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to specify, design, code, and validate control systems for MW-scale power electronic drive systems for Marine, Energy, and Industry applications.

Key Responsibilities
  • Responsible for managing the design, development, and maintenance of Drive Control Systems technology, including control algorithms, techniques, software, and modules.
  • Developing and maintaining good engineering interfaces with internal teams, including ITO sales, field/commissioning engineering, automation control, and peer groups in other parts of GE Aviation.
Essential Requirements
  • Strong knowledge and significant experience of Variable Speed Drive Control Schemes.
  • Control Systems Design (Linear & Non-linear control system design).
  • Experience of C code programming and awareness of embedded software design, microprocessor, and FPGA programming.
  • Control System Design/Simulation tools such as Matlab Simulink.
  • Power electronics - Diodes, Thyristors, IGBTs, GTOs, IGCTs, MOSFETS, SiC, GaN, etc.
  • Understanding of electrical machines: DC, Induction, Synchronous, Permanent magnet machines.
  • Converter and inverter power stack configurations for such machines.
  • Suitable control strategies for such power electronics converter systems and electrical machines.
  • PWM control schemes and other switching strategies.
  • Awareness of the side effects of the Drive on the wider system; heating, harmonics, noise.
  • Designing hardware/software systems to control such Drives.
  • Documentation standards.
  • Discipline of Product Life Cycle, from initial design to detailed design and specification, through levels of testing and validation, then through into maintenance.
  • Drives systems awareness.
Qualifications/Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or equivalent qualification) in Electrical Engineering or equivalent subject.
  • Experience of working with Variable Speed Drive technology.
  • Experience leading a technical team of Software, Hardware, or Control engineers.
  • Electrical engineering in relevant industry (Marine, Energy, Renewables, Oil & Gas, etc.).
  • Experience in integrated control schemes with PLCs, HMI, and Drives.
  • LV and MV variable speed drives, motors.
  • On-site commissioning/test environment on power system/equipment.
  • Existing or the ability to obtain the higher levels of UK Security Clearance, including SC Clearance, and UK Eyes Only Clearance, are required for this role.

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