Senior Research Engineer – Control and System Dynamics bei ENODA
ENODA · Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich · Onsite
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Edinburgh
We are seeking a Research Engineer to lead the experimental characterisation and control performance analysis of ENODA’s Prime Exchanger technology. This role focuses on understanding and reducing control latency, validating dynamic response under realistic operating conditions, and developing models that bridge laboratory testing with real-world deployment. The candidate will collaborate with colleagues working on high-fidelity digital twin development, but will be primarily responsible for experimental validation, control optimisation, and applied modelling.
You'll spend your time:
- Designing and executing laboratory experiments (scaled and full power) to measure transient response, load step behaviour, and short-circuit dynamics.
- Leading hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) campaigns with real controllers under simulated grid conditions.
- Investigating and quantifying latency sources in the control loop (sensing, computation, actuation, magnetic dynamics).
- Proposing and prototyping strategies to reduce response times from multi-cycle to sub-cycle levels.
- Developing reduced-order and control-oriented models of system dynamics to guide controller design and validation.
- Collaborating with digital twin specialists to align experimental findings with simulation environments.
- Building internal datasets of operational behaviour (thousands of hours) from controlled experiments to benchmark and improve stability, efficiency, and robustness.
- Working with hardware, firmware, and data science teams to ensure experimental insights translate into practical design improvements and field-ready control strategies.
The key experience we're looking for:
- Deep understanding of converters, inverters, and grid-interactive control schemes.
- Experience with short-circuit ratio analysis and weak-grid stability.
- Proven ability to design and execute experiments on power electronics hardware.
- Skilled in the use of oscilloscopes, power analysers, and HIL platforms (dSPACE, OPAL-RT).
- Capable of designing safe setups for transient and fault testing.
- Proficiency in real-time simulation tools (Simulink/PLECS, PSCAD, RTDS, OPAL-RT).
- Strong coding ability in Python or MATLAB for control analysis and reduced-order modelling.
- Familiarity with digital twin approaches is desirable but not the primary focus.
- Knowledge of time-series analysis, signal processing, and machine learning methods for system identification and forecasting.
- Experience with model predictive control (MPC) or reinforcement learning applied to power converters.
- Background in system identification for complex energy or industrial systems.
- Familiarity with thermal modelling and loss estimation in magnetic/electronic systems.
- Prior experience with grid compliance testing (fault ride-through, harmonics, stability standards).
- Familiarity with digital twin approaches.
What we offer:
- Salary: circa £80K - £100K dependent on skills & experience
- Private Medical Insurance
- Flexible Pension policy tailored to your requirements
- 33 days annual leave + Holiday purchase/sell scheme
- Dental cash-back scheme
- Cycle-to-Work scheme
- Season travel ticket loan
- Enhanced company sick pay & Income Protection
- Life Assurance
This role is based onsite at Quartermile in Edinburgh.