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Jiale Zhou

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Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer at Eaton
📍 Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Jiale Zhou is a Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer at Eaton with a Ph. D. in Power Electronics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His expertise covers control systems for solid-state circuit breakers, SiC MOSFET applications, and high-power bidirectional energy storage converters.

He is a listed inventor on a patent application for a "Solid-state circuit breaker with soft start capability, " stemming from his doctoral research.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer
Location
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
Personality Overview

How Jiale shows up

Price-Sensitive
Systematic
Cautious & Analytical

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Jiale cares about

Solid-State Circuit Breakers
The primary focus of his Ph. D. research, leading to a patent on a novel soft-start scheme for motor control center applications.
Energy Storage Converters
Developed and maintained high-power (up to 1MW) bidirectional energy storage converters in previous engineering roles at GoodWe and Hopewind.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Lead Power Electronics Control Engineer
Eaton
8-2021
PHD Candidate
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
5-2024 - 8-2024
Power Electronics Intern
ABB
12-2020 - 7-2021
DSP control engineer
GoodWe
7-2018 - 11-2019
DSP control engineer
Shenzhen Hopewind Electric Co., Ltd.
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Media appearances

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Education
2015 - 2018
Master's degree
Yanshan University
9-2010 - 7-2014
Bachelor's degree
Anhui University of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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