Power Electronics Controls Designer

Join Schneider Electric's Solar & Storage business as a Senior Energy Optimization & Controls Engineer.

In this role, you'll develop advanced controls, forecasting, and optimization solutions for solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS), EV charging infrastructure, microgrids, and distributed energy resources (DERs).

You'll design intelligent energy management and control strategies deployed across embedded controllers, edge devices, and cloud-connected platforms to maximize renewable energy utilization, reduce energy costs, improve grid interaction, and enhance overall system performance.

You'll also contribute to future product strategy by evaluating emerging technologies in AI, electrification, DERs, and grid modernization.

Responsibilities


* Define and develop advanced control, forecasting, and energy optimization strategies for solar, storage, EV charging, and microgrid applications.


* Design and implement Energy Management System (EMS) algorithms for DER coordination at device, site, and fleet levels.


* Develop optimization solutions for:
+ Energy arbitrage, Demand response, Demand charge reduction, Time-of-use optimization, Managed EV charging, Grid services and VPP applications


* Develop forecasting models for solar production, load demand, EV charging, and electricity prices.


* Apply advanced control and optimization techniques including Model Predictive Control (MPC), scheduling, dispatch, and rule-based control.


* Use MATLAB, Simulink, and Python to model and simulate energy systems, power converters, loads, generation sources, and DER assets.


* Design, deploy, and maintain applications on embedded Linux and cloud-connected platforms using Docker, Podman, or similar technologies.


* Develop and validate embedded control software using model-based design methodologies.


* Evaluate emerging technologies including AI, machine learning, digital twins, DERMS, VPPs, demand flexibility, and grid-edge solutions.


* Develop requirements, test plans, verification procedures, and validation reports.


* Support HIL, CIL, Digital Twin, certification, and field validation activities.


* Collaborate closely with product management, firmware, software, systems, cloud, compliance, and power electronics teams.

What you bring



* Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls, Energy Systems, or a related field.


* At least 5 years of industry experience in controls, optimization, energy management systems, DERs, or power electronics products.


* Strong background in control system design, modeling, simulation, and optimization, including controller tuning, system identification, supervisory controls, and Model Predictive Control (MPC).


* Experience with energy management and control platforms such as EMS, HEMS, DERMS, microgrids, inverter controls, DER controllers, or EV charging solutions.


* Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, ...