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Waqas Ali

Questioner · DISC type c
Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Alpitronic
📍 Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Waqas Ali is a Senior Power Electronics Engineer with a Doctor of Science from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His expertise lies in high-power systems, particularly modular multilevel converters (MMCs) and DC circuit breakers. He has driven innovation in senior engineering roles at leading technology companies including Alpitronic and Huawei.

During his industrial PhD with Huawei, he modeled and tested one of the worlds fastest hybrid DC breakers for fault interruption.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Job Level
Middle
Location
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Personality Overview

How Waqas shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Systematic
Not Easily Convinced

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. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Priorities

Topics Waqas cares about

Hybrid DC Breakers
His PhD research and multiple publications focus on the design, modeling, and experimental testing of ultra-fast hybrid DC circuit breakers for fault protection in DC systems.
Modular Multilevel Converters
He was a simulation expert for MMCs at Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen and holds two patents related to pre-charging and operating these complex converter systems.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Alpitronic
1-2024 - 10-2025
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
Huawei
8-2021 - 12-2023
Industrial PhD Student
Huawei
3-2018 - 7-2021
Power Electronics Engineer
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
11-2017 - 2-2018
Werkstudent
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
8-2021 - 9-2025
Doctor of Science
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2014 - 2017
Master’s Degree
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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