Your team and your responsibilities
Team/division description
Power Electronics Design team is part of the R&D 2 Powertrain Design Division. We develop vehicle charging system components such as the on-board charger, 12V DCDC converter, external charge cable,... as well as the main drive motor inverter and other powertrain-related power electronic commodities.
Your project
The increasing share of renewables in the energy mix creates challenges for the European electrical grid in terms of supply & demand balancing. Electric vehicles -with their battery storage capacity- can be a valuable resource to help stabilising our grids. To fully leverage this potential, bi-directional power exchange with the grid (V2G) can be a game changer. Our team is currently developing a V2G solution based on a bi-directional on-board charger with a dedicated wall box. We are looking for an intern to support our team with system grid code compliance validation on our HILS testbench.
Practical expectations:
1. Get up to speed with AC V2G system testing requirements & test environment:
2. Acquaint yourself with EU grid code (test) requirements & procedures.
(We have the materials & knowledge to get you up to speed
3. Understand ISO 15118-20 communication protocol between wall box & vehicle.
4. Get hands-on experience on our HILS test bench system by working with the bench operator team.
5. Support system evaluation on the HILS bench:
6. Review & help refine existing grid code test procedures.
7. Add or modify test procedures for diverging grid code requirements.
(. countries not aligned with EN
8. Assist our bench operator team on HILS bench system set-up, de-bug. & testing.
9. Test data analysis:
10. Analyse & summarize HILS bench test results. grid code compliance, functional compliance, power quality, ISO 15118-20 communication, wall-box to back-end communication (OCPP, ….
11. Identify issues & formulate improvement points toward hardware design & software control teams.
Your Profile
12. You are fluent in English (TME’s business language)
Any other EU language would be a plus
13. Master in Electric or (Power) Electronic engineering with a strong affinity for the subject.
14. Experience with EU grid codes and AC V2G eco system would a plus.
15. Experience with a rapid prototyping environment (. dSpace, Simulink) and grid level electrical testing would be another bonus.
16. Knowledge of “Snowflake” data platform would be useful à used for test data storage & processing.
17. Most importantly you are a motivated team player, ready to actively collaborate in our young and dynamic team
Starting date
18. Asap
Duration
19. 6 months
Confidentiality
Due to business requirement, not all performed projects can be reflected in the internship report. This issue needs to be discussed with candidate/school in advance.