Hardware Design (Power Electronics)

Responsibilities:

• Ensure product meets program requirements, including cost, performance, and reliability targets
• Be responsible for technical direction and decisions for assigned product development projects
• Work with a multi-disciplinary engineering development team that includes power conversion design, mechanical design, control hardware design, and Integration / Test
• Develop FMEA and risk mitigation plans
• Work with the project leader to ensure appropriate resources and schedule
• High voltage switching power supply test and development
• Analog and digital circuit test and development
• Test and debug of prototype and production power supply assemblies
• Design verification testing of completed products
• Interface with test technicians, assembly personnel, engineers, customers and suppliers

Qualifications for power electronics engineer

• 3 + years experience with vehicle level electrical systems design development process
• Familiarity with battery operation is a strong plus
• Electronics circuit design (analog), component selection
• Calculation and design of power chokes, inductors and transformers
• Calculation of power losses and efficiency optimization
• Knowledge about different circuit test methods