Postdoctoral Research Associate in Power Electronic Converters in Power Systems (HVDC)

Company

hirify.global is a research and education institution with strong industrial collaboration and a pan-university research community.

What you will do

• Review and assess emerging inverter-based resource and HVDC technologies, including costs, benefits, capabilities, and implications for future power-system operation.
• Create dynamic models of power networks, inverter-based resources, and their controls for EMT and other time-stepping simulation systems.
• Investigate and evaluate local, supplementary, and system-level controls for inverter-based resources and HVDC systems.
• Work with project investigators, academic collaborators, and industrial partners.

Requirements

• Relevant PhD or equivalent combination of education and industrial experience in power systems incorporating power electronics.
• Research expertise in integrating large-scale power-electronic devices, such as HVDC, within power systems.
• Experience with dynamic modelling, stability analysis, and power-system simulation.
• English proficiency sufficient for research, collaboration, and technical communication is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with EMT simulation of power systems and power-electronic converters using PSCAD/EMTDC.
• Transferable skills and real-world industrial experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative research environment with diverse perspectives and strong industrial involvement.
• Generous employer-contribution pension.
• 29 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Ride-to-work and electric-vehicle car schemes.
• Flexible and hybrid working options are available according to university policy.