Senior Engineer - Power Electronics Hardware

Role & responsibilities

• Defining specifications and requirements for product hardware.
• Design calculations for power loss, voltage and current stress assessment, and active & passive component selection in power electronic converters.
• Reviewing hardware design and firmware control focusing on high-level system integration.
• Proving design concepts through a combination of circuit simulations and prototyping.
• Monitoring development and deriving test plans to verify electrical, environmental, and functional compliance.
• Conduct FMEA analysis, and reliability assessment, and ensure no product safety/liability concerns.
• Coordinating and tracking product development targets with the project manager and CFTs.
• Research the use of new development concepts and guide future product development.
• Identifying technological alternatives that are cost-competitive and suitable for scaling up.
• Preparing documentation such as bills of material, circuit diagrams, simulations, and design documentation.

Desired Qualification and Skills

• Masters in Power Electronics with 3+ yrs. of experience or bachelors in electrical engineering with 5+ yrs. of experience
• Understanding of closed-loop control of power converters and compensator design
• Working experience with high-power and high-voltage semiconductor devices
• Strong technical knowledge, competence, system-level design experience
• Experience in the design of circuitry involving analogue electronics and digital electronics
• EMI filter design with Product qualification/compliance test experiences
• Working knowledge of circuit simulation tools like SIMULINK
• Derating, FMEA and reliability analysis
• Excellent skills in-circuit debugging and troubleshooting
• Good communication skills in English, both spoken and written