Research Engineer* Wind Energy ‒ Power Electronics & Grid Integration

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 involved in various research and industry projects, with duties ranging from supporting the commissioning of a converter test bench to optimizing and expanding other test benches with a special focus on the »Power Hardware-in-the-loop (PHiL)« approach. While working with various real-time systems and setting up grid models to investigate transient events, you will develop test methods to generate measurement data for the validation of harmonic and EMT models. Additionally, you will design test and validation methods for the testing of grid-forming characteristics and implement the corresponding requirements in the grid emulator control (PHiL control). To present your results to the public, you will write scientific reports and publications.