Senior Specialist - Data Center and Distributed Energy

Lead the development of next-generation electronic products, managing all phases of design, prototyping, and validation.
Architect and engineer advanced power conversion systems-including AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC topologies-as well as solid-state circuit breakers and transformers.
Design and validate power delivery architectures tailored for data center workloads and distributed energy systems.
Integrate power electronics expertise with power systems engineering, fault physics, data acquisition, analytics, and simulation tools to enhance system reliability, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize system performance, thermal management, miniaturization, and cost efficiency.
Perform hardware-in-the-loop simulations, system-level modeling, and engineering analytics to validate design performance.
Drive multidisciplinary research initiatives in partnership with internal Centers of Excellence (COEs), Eaton business units, universities, and industry consortia.
Contribute to Eaton's intellectual property portfolio through patent filings and technical publications.
Mentor junior engineers and actively support talent development within Eaton Research Labs (ERL).

Qualifications:

Ph.D. (15-18 years) or Master's (18-20 years) in Electrical/Electronics/Power Systems/Controls Engineering or equivalent.
Proven experience in
Power converter design and control
Grid-tie inverters and DC systems
Solid-state protection devices
Distributed energy resource management and microgrids
Smart-grid technologies and asset health monitoringd.

Skills:

Sound understanding of emerging datacenter workloads, applications to drive the most effective system power architecture choices. Lead design of power delivery architecture for data center applications.
Possess strong expertise in design, validation and testing of power electronic systems (AC/AC, AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC converters, solid-state circuit breakers and solid-state transformers)
Analyze, guide and support thermal management solutions and trade-offs.
Experience with wide-bandgap devices (SiC/GaN).
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to drive improvements in performance, efficiency, miniaturization and cost optimization.
Working experience in developing prototypes, algorithms, performing engineering analytics, system modeling and hardware-in-loop studies to validate system performance is a must.
Hands-on experience in electrical power systems, distributed energy resources, VPP, aggregator platforms, integration of renewables, protection in traditional grids, smart grids and grids with renewables, grid tie inverters is desirable.
Possess strong business acumen and the ability to understand and formulate compelling value propositions and to understand and drive through the value and adoption chain.
Proven track record for IP generation and publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals is desired.
Hands-on experience with engineering tools like MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, PSCAD, RTDS, TYPHOON HIL, OPALRT and experience in building experimental setups and conducting disciplined experiments would be desired.
Software development capability: python, Audrino, C and C++.
Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers and interns is required. Should be able to work with cross-functional teams and partner with National Labs and Universities.
Ability to apply Design for Six Sigma methodologies including QFD, DoE and reliability engineering in the course of their work. Green belt certification in DFSS or DMAIC is highly desired.
Experience in leading programs with multiple stakeholders in matrix organization and strong project management experience is require

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Eaton-51057Hadapsar

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-17T18:37:19