Control Engineer (Power Electronics)

Location: Not specified. hirify.global has locations in Bolzano/Bozen, Bergamo, Bologna, Munich, and Charlotte.

Company

hirify.global develops high-performance and reliable charging infrastructure and energy conversion solutions for sustainable mobility.

What you will do

• Develop control algorithms for power electronics converters and power systems.
• Model controlled plants and analyse system dynamics, stability regions, bandwidth limitations, and robustness.
• Design and tune controllers using PI, state-space, observer-based, or equivalent methods.
• Simulate and validate control performance through MATLAB/Simulink, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and experimental measurements.
• Collaborate with power electronics, firmware, and systems engineers to implement integrated controls on microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs.
• Analyse experimental results and prepare technical documentation, design reports, and validation summaries.

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional experience in a similar control engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of control algorithms for power systems and power electronics.
• Experience analysing stability margins, bandwidth, robustness, system modelling, and linearisation.
• Hands-on experience with MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent control simulation tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• Experience implementing control algorithms on digital platforms.
• Good understanding of real-time control constraints and sampling effects.
• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovative work environment within a young, dynamic team.
• High-tech projects in the e-mobility sector.
• Opportunities for advancement in a growing company.
• Further training opportunities.
• Performance-related pay, an attractive bonus system, and additional company benefits.