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Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer
@ Insight Global
Kitchener, Ontario
Overview
Insight Global is hiring a Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer on contract in Kitchener, ON, to develop and validate control systems for inverter and power conversion equipment used in large-scale energy storage. The work covers control modelling, HIL and real-time simulation, and hands-on lab testing of high-voltage converters.
Pay:
$140,000–$160,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Design and validate power converter control systems
- Develop real-time simulation and HIL environments
- Perform hands-on testing of power conversion equipment
- Troubleshoot system-level issues and root-cause field problems
- Support certification and grid-code compliance activities
Requirements summary:
- Master's degree in electrical, computer or related engineering
- 5+ years of power electronics, controls or validation experience
- Hands-on converter testing in a laboratory
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and HIL platforms
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-03
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-03
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Travel | air: moderate |
| Work setting | Laboratory, Plant or factory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science |
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- 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.
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