Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in power electronics, power conversion, controls or validation.
- Strong understanding of power converters, ideally including inverters, PCS, motor drives or VFDs.
- Hands-on experience testing and troubleshooting power converters in a laboratory environment.
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or comparable model-based design tools.
- Exposure to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or real-time simulation using OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL, dSPACE, RTDS or similar platforms.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Utility-scale inverter, PCS or Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) experience.
- Experience with PSCAD.
- Familiarity with IEC, UL and IEEE grid-interconnection standards.
- Automated test/regression framework experience.
- Knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, SPI, UART or Modbus.
- GitHub/Bitbucket or similar version-control experience.
- Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer to join a growing engineering team in Kitchener, ON. This individual will support the continued development, testing, and validation of inverter and power conversion systems used in large-scale energy storage applications. The engineer will work across power electronics, controls, firmware, and hardware to design and validate power converter control systems, develop real-time simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments, and perform hands-on testing of power conversion equipment. They will use tools such as MATLAB/Simulink to develop and test control models, troubleshoot system-level issues, support automated and regression testing, and validate performance in both simulated and high-voltage lab environments. The role will also support certification and grid-code compliance activities, root-cause analysis, field issues, and continued product development while collaborating closely with firmware, hardware, controls, and global engineering teams.