Florida Power & Light Company / NextEra Energy is hiring a Principal PGD Engineer. This senior role focuses on the operation and maintenance of NextEra Energy Resources' wind power converters, requiring decisions and recommendations that significantly impact extensive engineering activities.
What You'll Do
- Assist with operating and maintaining NextEra Energy Resources wind power converters.
- Make decisions and recommendations having a significant impact on extensive engineering and related company activities.
- Negotiate critical and controversial issues with top-level engineers and officers of other organizations.
- Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding major engineering programs.
- Manage one or more programs of complex diversity and scope critical to overall company objectives.
- Act as a subject matter expert.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
- 7+ years of overall professional experience.
- 7+ years of specific experience working with power electronics and power conversion.
- Strong understanding of principles of power electronics and power conversion.
- Strong understanding of power conversion components (IGBTs, reactors, capacitors, driver boards, CCUs), their failure modes, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and testing.
- Familiarity with diagnosing power conversion fault codes and disposition of high-speed fault recorder waveform capture.
- Familiarity with cooling system design concepts, failure modes, and maintenance for power conversion equipment.
- Familiarity and experience with Root Cause Analysis.
- Experience writing repair, operations, and/or maintenance procedures and specifications.
- Capability to translate and communicate financial and technical business cases to gain leadership approval.
- Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects and deliverables.
- Data-driven decision-making skills.
- Ability to relate to Field Service Personnel to provide adequate technical support.
Nice to Have
- Previous experience with wind generation.
- Specific experience with wind turbine technologies: GE 1X, 2X, 3X, 5X, Siemens 2.3, 2.9, SGRE G47, G80.
- Previous experience with GE MV3000, ABB ACS800/880, DAC, Ingeteam, Xantrex.
Technical Stack
- Power electronics, Power conversion
- IGBTs, Reactors, Capacitors, Driver boards, CCUs
- High-speed fault recorder waveform capture
- Cooling system design
- GE MV3000, ABB ACS800/880, DAC, Ingeteam, Xantrex
Team & Environment
This role is part of the Fleet Electrical team.
Work Mode
This is an onsite position.
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
