Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Royal Leamington Spa
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Power Electronics Design Engineer Warwickshire, UK
NTE: This role is suited to a Principal Level engineer or Senior looking to step into a Principal role.
£60-80k (flexible) + bonus + benefits Hybrid working: Leamington Spa.
This role requires extensive experience of power electronics design aligned to e-mobility (electrified powertrain) applications. Engineers should be able to take products through the design lifecycle to validated prototype.
Key elements:

  • Technical leadership, customer facing and relationship management
  • Power electronics design and development (electric powertrain systems)
    Working in a customer centric organisation you will be involved with taking power electronics designs from concept (blank page) to optimised prototypes, typically for e-mobility / electric vehicle applications but could also include clean energy applications. (e.g. inverter / motor controller, DCDC converter, OBC, etc) NOTE: e-mobility / electric vehicle applications could include automotive, aerospace, marine, defence and more
    More: Principal Power Electronics Design Engineer.
    The role could suit an engineer with at least 8-10 years of relevant industry experience or more
    Candidates should have:
  • Strong communication skills (used to working directly with customers)
  • Excellent track record in the design of power electronics (power inverters, AC/DC or DC/DC converters, or switch mode power supplies (SMPS)) for e-mobility applications or similar
  • Experience of designing digital and mixed signal control and interface circuit design would be great.
  • Experience of PCB layout using tools such as Altium, etc, would be required.
  • Experience of inverters / converters for vehicle electrification, motor control, or similar would be preferred.
    The company is involved with the design of electric drivetrain systems for e-mobility and clean energy applications (e.g. automotive electric vehicle etc). Candidates need experience of variable speed drives, DC-AC traction motors, PMSM control, DC-DC converters or OBC, etc.
    Required experience / skills: Principal Power Electronics Design Engineer
  • Degree / master’s degree in electrical, electronic engineering, etc)
  • Strong communication skills (used to working directly with customers)
  • Experience of leading projects and technically leading would be required.
  • Extensive power electronics design ability (power inverters, AC/DC or DC/DC converters, or SMPS) for e-mobility applications (automotive / marine electric vehicles) or similar
  • Experience of inverters / SMPS for vehicle electrification, motor control, or similar would be preferred (automotive, aerospace, marine, etc)
  • Good practical engineering aptitude including the development of power electronics hardware in a lab, rig and vehicle environment for demanding applications.
  • Able to work in a fast-paced, customer centric environment.
    Others: Beneficial: Power Electronics Design Engineer
  • Development of systems in the simulation environment, HiL systems, etc
  • Experience of designing digital and mixed signal control and interface circuit design would be great.
  • Experience of PCB layout using tools such as Altium, etc, would be required.
  • Experience of thermal management / cooling of power electronics systems would be great.
  • Training in the safe use of high power, high voltage test equipment up to 1MW and 800 Vdc
    This principal power Electronics Design Engineer role is commutable from Birmingham. Redditch, Solihull, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Leamington Spa, Banbury, Daventry, Rugby, Coventry and Lutterworth

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