Professional Summary
Motor drive and traction inverter specialist. 14 years on FOC control, SiC/IGBT power stages and NVH tuning for automotive and robotics customers in Japan and Europe.
Engineering Expertise
Motor DrivesTraction InvertersControl SystemsSiC Power Stages
Technical Skills
Motor ControlFOCTraction InvertersSiCMATLAB/SimulinkNVH
Certifications
- Certified Automotive Functional Safety Practitioner — SGS-TUV (2019)
- MathWorks Certified MATLAB Professional — MathWorks (2017)
Work Experience
- Principal Motor Drive Engineer· Nidec Advanced Motors2018 — Present
Traction inverter platform for 400 V and 800 V drivetrains; sensorless FOC down to 2% rated speed and 30% lower acoustic noise.
- Control Systems Engineer· Panasonic Industrial2013 — 2018
FOC and observer design for servo drives; wrote the auto-tuning routine now shipped in three product families.
- Development Engineer· Yaskawa Electric2010 — 2013
Gate driver and current-sense design for 5-90 kW industrial inverters.
Education
- MEng Electrical Engineering — Osaka University (2010)
- BEng Mechatronics — Kyoto Institute of Technology (2008)
Research & Publications
- Sensorless FOC with adaptive flux observers for traction drives — IEEE Energy Conversion Congress (2020)
- NVH reduction techniques in SiC traction inverters — JSAE Annual Congress (2022)
Languages
- Japanese · Native
- English · Professional
Availability
available
Contact / Hire
Engagements with Kenji Watanabe run through VoltLancer. Share your engineering brief and our team arranges the introduction, interview and two-week risk-free trial.
Portfolio projects
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