Florian Bauer

System Engineer, Power Electronics and Drive Systems for Electric Rail and Road Vehicles at Kiepe Electric GmbH

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

I am an Electrical Engineer developing power electronics and traction drive systems for e-buses and future electrical commercial vehicles. Experience in the development of converter systems for wind power drives. Looking for interesting contacts, professional & technical expertise exchange and old friends.

Experience

  • System Engineer, Power Electronics and Drive Systems for Commercial Vehicles at Kiepe Electric GmbH
    Sep 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

    - Development of electrical systems for current and future e-buses, trolleybuses, and e-trucks (electrical machine, traction and auxiliary converters, battery storage); - Design and dimensioning of power electronic converters, electrical components considering customer requirements and relevant standards; - Technical project lead on component level - Analysis and creation of safety concepts

  • Woodward, Inc. (Greater Dusseldorf Area)
    • Senior Engineer Electrical (Analytics), Development of Converter Technology in Wind Power Systems
      Feb 2016 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      - Development of control algorithms and functions for software code implementation on control unit - Main responsible person for complete FRT measurement campaign for main customer (pre-analysis, System tuning on site, measurement data analysis) - System calculations and simulations of Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) and Full Scale Converter (FSC) wind converter-generator systems - Loss, lifetime and efficiency calculations of frequency converters - Thermal modelling of semiconductor devices as well as their cooling Systems - Analysis of extreme cases, e.g. Fault Ride Through (FRT) cases - Customer interaction concerning the specifications and their feasibility - Used tools: Matlab/Simulink, PLECS, Mathematica, MS Excel among others

    • Applications Engineer for Frequency Converters in Wind Power Plants
      Nov 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Technical Lead Engineer for frequency converters in wind turbines - Technical coordination of prototype developments for IGBT converters (DFIG systems) during the product life cycle, interaction with different development departments and execution of electrical engineering tasks - Measurements, commisionings and converter function tests & adjustments at the wind turbine in the field as well as in the internal test bay - Collaboration with the company's customers

  • Research Assistant at RWTH Aachen University
    2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos

    -Research for parameter identification, operating map measurement and control synthesis of electrical drives - Implementation of bus control and interaction of the laboratory converters and devices using CAN/CANOpen protocol - Author of "Offline Extraction of Induction Machine Parameters for Control Strategy Synthesis" (S. Koschik, F. Bauer, R.W. De Doncker, Veröfentlichung: IPEC Hiroshima, Japan, May 2014)

  • Internship at Bombardier Transportation
    Jun 2012 - Sep 2012 · 4 mos

    Intern in the high power lab for drive systems: - Participation in type test and routine tests in variable-speed drive converters - Responsible for commisioning and operation of Diesel generator-converter systems - Implementation of Labview programs for automated control and measurements

  • Internship at ABB
    Sep 2011 - Feb 2012 · 6 mos

    Intern in the high power lab for high power circuit breaker: - Development and implementation of simulation tool for synthetic test circuits for choosing passive components concerning a requested electrical characteristic (Matlab/Simulink, Excel) - Interpretation of IEC standards