Doctoral Researcher in Power Electronics (DSII) / Väitöskirjatutkija, Tehoelektroniikka (DSII)

Job Description

The purpose of the job is to create new knowledge for academia and industry in the field of power electronics.

The goals are:

• Development of control methods for utility‑scale power electronic converters operating as static synchronous compensators (STATCOMs).
• Development of software tools to support the design, testing and validation of the proposed control methods.

As a Doctoral Researcher you will first develop and test the control methods in a simulation environment such as Matlab. In a second step, the methods will be implemented in a hardware‑in‑the‑loop simulator. Finally, they will be run on a low‑voltage lab prototype. The tasks also include teaching duties amounting to approximately 5 % of annual working hours, unless justified otherwise.

Supervision will be by Associate Professor Dr. Petros Karamanakos and supported by practitioners in the steering group, including company representatives ...