Lead Power System Engineer for Flow Battery

V-Flow Tech (VFT) is an innovative and fast-growing startup in the renewable energy space, contributing to a sustainable environment.
VFT is reinventing vanadium redox flow technology, with a vision to develop the cheapest and most scalable vanadium redox flow batteries in the world. VFT storage solution has an expected life span of 25 years and is proven to be one of the safest and most environmentally friendly battery technologies. VFT’s founders have deep experience in the renewable space, and vanadium redox flow technology in particular.
VFT is a spin-off of the CleanTech lab of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and benefits from unique IP arising from many years of intensive research at NTU. With support from Enterprise Singapore, Temasek Foundation and prominent business angel investors, VFT has been able to scale up its batteries, and is currently deploying systems on a commercial basis in several markets. Visit our website for more information.

At this critical juncture of our growth, we are looking for a diligent and experienced power electronics engineer to lead the development of our BMS, EMS, system integration, T&C.

Senior Power System Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Lead the design and development of the power control system for flow battery, which includes design of DC side topology (battery stacks, DC-DC converters, protection circuits) to ac output (DC-AC inverter selection, power distribution system).
• Lead the development of battery management, energy management, cloud monitoring, battery charge controller, integration of different types of sensors and equipment, development of charging and discharging algorithms, etc. You should be able to lead this development.
• Produce SLD, BOM, GA of complete power components for fabrication and work closely with vendors and suppliers.
• Perform circuit analysis and simulation before the physical development.
• Responsible for the PCB layout, sample making and field test.
• Responsible for the system integration, testing and commissioning. All the development should be of industrial standards and match IEC standards.
• Work closely with vendors and research partners for the development of suitable DC-DC converters and micro-inverters.
• Lead the various ongoing research work and collaboration projects in Singapore and overseas.
• Lead the electronics team in India and Singapore, and responsible to hire required engineers, technicians, interns for completing the task.

Requirements:
• Degree in Power Electronic & Electrical Engineering with minimum 5-10 years of relevant experience in Power management for Battery ESS. PhD in power engineering with relevant experience will be added advantage.
• Deep understanding of renewable energy integration, energy storage system, smart grid, power electronics interfaces and power management for AC, DC and hybrid AC/DC microgrids.
• Must have experience with high power conversion system for batteries, micro-grid operation & control, power system modelling and analysis, distributed control and power quality improvement in hybrid AC/DC microgrids.
• In-depth knowledge of DC-DC converters and AC-DC bidirectional inverters. Past experience with development of micro-inverter and boost converter is a plus.
• Experience with PLC controller and micro controllers and programming software.
• Experience with BMS, EMS for batteries/super-capacitors, etc. Having experience on flow batteries is a plus.
• Strong and relevant background in working in a R&D hardware engineer leading power electronics/power system development projects.
• Software skills: Matlab/Simulink, PowerSIM, PLECS, PSCAD, PSIM, C, C++, python, Javascript, HTML, MySQL, Ruby, Autodesk, Solidworks, etc.
• Should be familiar with the various power topologies and design consideration on when to use them.
• Should be familiar with the full product development lifecycle of power electronics products.
• Should have past experience of project management and handling product development projects.
• Publications, patents and good track record on the related field.
• Flexible with travel (40%).