Senior R&D Electrical / Application Engineer

Job ID: 4719

Location:

New Kensington, PA, US, 15068Pittsburgh, PA, US, 15239New Kensington PA, US

We are looking for a Senior R&D Electrical / Application Engineer to join our team at Innomotics.

The Industry-Leader of Motors and Drives

Innomotics is an industry-leading supplier of motors and large drive systems. With a trusted legacy of more than 150 years of engineering expertise, our products power all the world’s most essential industries. Today, we are bringing the #EnergyTransition to life with a portfolio that enables our customers to boost energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases, and minimize the carbon footprints of plants.

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We are a team of more than 15,000 dedicated experts, doers, innovators. For us, engineering the future means keeping businesses in motion. As a global player operating with the spirit and speed of a mid-sized champion, the future holds unlimited opportunities for us. If you share our bold mindset to be best-in-class, we want you IN.

Your Future Role

Electrical/Application Engineer for medium voltage drives reporting to the R&D Manager of Power Electronics. Responsible to coordinate and lead moderately sophisticated design projects via specific after-market customer requests to meet product requirements and cost targets, while ensuring a high quality design ensures customer satisfaction and a detailed service delivery. The Engineer will be responsible for resolving technical issues, providing support, maintaining knowledge bases, and collaborating across departments. The focus will be on a middle east customer with large LNG trains with product in operation for 15+ years and new product that will imminently be commissioned.

This is a hybrid role, working onsite 1-3 days/week, in New Kensington, PA.

Responsibilities :

• Lead design and technical support activities to support a large customer install base where each LNG train has 3x or 4x 15MW medium voltage drives connected in parallel.

• Develop large medium voltage water cooled drives, Power Supply and other Power Electronics technologies; introduce new features and retrofit measures to improve existing install base.

• Design, analyze and implement power electronics circuits, magnetic components and control strategies for large AC drives and power supplies.

• Monitors and proactively mitigates risks and issues through all phases of the customer lifecycle to ensure quality and product performance expectations.

• Analyze effects of complete system operation including medium voltage drive, input power system, motor and load (turbine).

• Provide technical expertise for technical support of installed and operating drives including failure mode and root cause analysis.

• Work with multi-functional groups that include (but not limited to) project management, power electronics, software development, product testing, customer service engineering, on-site field service, manufacturing, and drafting.

• Collaborate with customers and solution partners to discuss and review engineering solutions focusing on improving the reliability and performance of medium voltage (MV) drives.

Your Profile

• Minimum BS degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• 10+ years of related work experience. Advanced degree may be substituted for years of experience.

• Experience in design, analysis, testing, solving and commissioning of IGBT based converters required.

• Engineering experience in a customer facing environment required.

• Experience with PLC programming and operation.

• Experience with Innomotics software tools (Teamcenter, SAP) preferred.

• Strong grasp on fundamentals of electrical engineering (or) power electronics concepts, theories and practical applications of medium voltage drives.

• Demonstrates and applies a broad knowledge of field of specialization through successful completion of sophisticated assignments.

• Experience in control theory for the design, analysis, and testing of power electronics based converters required.

• Development or commissioning experience on the Innomotics Perfect Harmony GH180 product or cascaded H-bridge topology.

• Demonstrates knowledge of organization's business practices and issues.

• Required travel 10-15%.

The pay range for this position is $97,500 - $167,200. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

What’s IN it for you (Our Benefits)

• Competitive compensation based on qualifications

• Medical, dental, prescription and vision coverage, first day of employment

• Matching 401(k) (immediate employer match)

• Competitive paid time off plan, paid holidays, and floating holidays

• Career development opportunities

• Education and tuition reimbursement programs available

• Flexibility to work remote a few days a week

• Paid parental leave

Ready to power the future with us? Join Innomotics and start making a difference now. #TeamInnomotics #JoinReliableMotion

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