Senior Engineer, Cascaded Control Technology Development
Job Description
Ampace (新能安) is a global battery-technology company specializing in lithium-ion cells and systems for energy storage, data centers, and critical power. Our R&D pairs advanced cell chemistry with semi-solid-state technology to deliver safe, high-performance batteries at scale. This position is based at our R&D center in Xiamen, China.
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Responsibilities:
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1. Research cascaded power-conversion technologies: Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) and Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) topology innovation and performance optimization; submodule capacitor-voltage balancing, circulating-current suppression, and voltage equalization; efficient use of wide-bandgap devices (SiC/GaN); and device-to-system multiphysics models.
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2. Develop and optimize advanced control algorithms — digital, nonlinear, adaptive, and model-predictive control — for power-electronic conversion, including MMC-versus-CHB trade-offs in storage and battery applications.
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3. Support product landing: electrical architecture, device selection, and system commissioning, working with the BMS, cell, structure, and thermal teams.
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Requirements:
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1. PhD in Power Electronics & Drives, Control Theory & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Automation.
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2. Open to both early-career researchers and candidates with several years of post-PhD experience; relevant research, , or product experience in power electronics is a plus.
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3. Solid converter topology, modeling, and control; AC-DC/DC-DC/DC-AC and multilevel (MMC/CHB); modern and model-predictive control; MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, PSCAD; power-device (IGBT/MOSFET/SiC/GaN), magnetics, and gate-drive knowledge; C/C++/Python.
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新能安（Ampace）是一家全球领先的电池科技企业，专注于锂离子电芯及电池系统的研发与制造，产品广泛应用于储能、数据中心及关键电源等领域。公司结合先进的电芯化学体系与半固态电池技术，致力于打造兼具高安全性、高性能和规模化生产能力的电池产品。
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本岗位工作地点位于中国厦门研发中心。
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岗位职责
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- 开展级联式电能变换技术研究，负责级联H桥（CHB）和模块化多电平换流器（MMC）拓扑创新及性能优化；研究子模块电容电压均衡、环流抑制、电压均压等关键技术；推动宽禁带器件（SiC/GaN）的高效应用，并建立器件到系统的多物理场仿真模型。
- 负责先进电力电子控制算法的开发与优化，包括数字控制、非线性控制、自适应控制、模型预测控制（MPC）等，研究MMC与CHB在储能及电池应用中的技术方案与性能优化。
- 支持产品开发与工程化落地，参与电气架构设计、功率器件选型及系统调试，并与BMS、电芯、结构、热管理等团队协同推进产品研发。
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任职要求
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- 电力电子与电力传动、控制科学与工程、电气工程、自动化等相关专业博士学历。
- 欢迎应届博士及具有博士后或相关工作经验的优秀人才；具有电力电子相关科研、实习或产品开发经验者优先。
- 具备扎实的电力电子基础，熟悉变换器拓扑、建模与控制；掌握AC-DC、DC-DC、DC-AC及多电平变换器（MMC/CHB）技术；熟悉现代控制理论及模型预测控制（MPC）；熟练使用MATLAB/Simulink、PLECS、PSCAD等仿真工具；熟悉IGBT、MOSFET、SiC、GaN等功率器件、磁性器件及驱动电路，并具备C/C++或Python编程能力。
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