R&D Associate Staff Member - Power Electronics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tennessee

Job Description:

Requisition Id4341

Purpose
The Electric Drives Research Group (EDR) Group of Propulsion Science Section in Buildings and Transportation Science Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking applicants for an R&D staff position to conduct research on advanced power conversion systems for electric vehicles. The successful candidate will be capable of performing design and simulation of power modules and power electronics systems for traction inverters, dc/dc converters, and on-board/off-board wired and wireless chargers.

Major Duties / Responsibilities

- Conduct R&D projects and help the expansion of R&D to take advantage of our multidisciplinary capabilities, multimodal strengths, and unique tools and capabilities.
- Be familiar with the state of the art in power electronics technologies for electric vehicles. Be well versed in various modeling and simulation programs.
- Embedded system-based hardware and software control expertise for power electronics applications.
- Capable of carrying designs through prototype building and evaluation.
- Network and develop collaborative R&D with other groups and divisions internally and with DOE, the industry, and the utilities.
- Prior experience in integrated traction drives is preferred.
- Prepare new proposals to the internal and external funding agencies.
- Have excellent oral and written skills for preparing and presenting research results to sponsors, peer reviewers, industry partners and others and at technical meetings such as IEEE sponsored conferences.

Qualifications

- A Ph.D. in electrical engineering or related disciplinewith a focus on power electronics applications.
- Experience with advanced power semiconductor technology and its applications.
- Knowledge of system design modeling and simulation software tools is desired.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to make presentations to sponsors and others and to prepare reports, proposals, and publications/journal articles.
- Strong interpersonal skills to support team building and leadership.
- A publication history in prestigious international conferences and journals.
- Demonstrated publication record of scientific results in either peer-reviewed journals, or presentations at national meetings, are expected.
- Prior work experience with the automotive industry will be valued for this position.
- A strong commitment to scientific integrity is an important requirement.

Some travel will be required for this position.

No clearance is required.

This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.
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