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Principal Power Electronics Engineer

Where

Leamington Spa

Type

Permanent

Salary

85000 Annual

Principal Power Electronics Design Engineer Warwickshire, UK

NOTE: This role is suited to a Principal Level engineer with extensive experience gained within electrified propulsion applications (e.g. Traction inverters, DC-DC converters or OBC) for land, aerospace or marine systems.

£70-85k (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:

  • Power electronics design and development (electric powertrain systems / electrified propulsion applications (e.g. Traction inverters, DC-DC converters or OBC
  • Technical leadership, customer facing and technical project delivery

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 off-highway.

More: Principal Power Electronics Design Engineer.

The role could suit an engineer with at least 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 very 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.
  • Any experience of magnetic design would be useful (e.g. for electric motors)

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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