Engineer* mHIL Operation ‒ Test Benches for Wind Turbines

at  Wind Energy Systems

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 800 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.0 billion euros.

WHO WE ARE …

Our primary focuses at Fraunhofer IWES are on wind energy and hydrogen technologies. Our institute is home to more than 300 scientists and employees as well as over 100 students from over 30 countries pursuing careers in applied research and development at nine sites. We secure investments in technological developments through validation, shorten innovation cycles, accelerate certification procedures, and increase planning accuracy by means of innovative measurement methods.

THESE DUTIES AWAIT YOU …

You will be responsible for the integration of our real-time turbine model, as well as for the development and integration of mHIL methodologies and model-based control procedures. Furthermore, you will maintain the drive-side converters and control the drives on our test benches. You will put the developed solutions into operation on our test benches and monitor their function during both the commissioning stage and test operation. We would be delighted to hear your ideas on the professional orientation and further strategic development of the group.