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Principle Power Electronics Engineer

Carbon60
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Carbon60 are looking for a Principal Power Electronics Engineer to join a client of ours based in Andover. Our client is an electronics manufacturing company providing products into an array of sectors such as Automotive, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, and more.

This Principal Power Electronics Engineer position is a permanent position, we are looking for someone senior or a graduate who has a degree in Electronic Design. You will be part of an esteemed team providing expert knowledge and be the focal point of Power Engineering and Electronic Design activities.


Duties include but are not limited to:

· Design automotive-grade inverter hardware such as semiconductor power modules (high voltage wide-bandgap SiC and GaN), DC/DC, DC/AC converters, gate-drivers and DC-link capacitor modules

· Characterise, test and model key power electronic components and sub-assemblies

· Advise, perform and own power module qualification testing to industry or customer standards

· Schematic capture and PCB/DBC/AMB circuit layout and analysis

· Produce technical documentation including manufacturing packs and test procedures

· Track developments in manufacturing techniques in Power Electronics and related industries to maintain up to date manufacturing processes knowledge

· Use of reliability, risk or safety analysis tools for the analysis of hardware, e.g. FTA, DFMEA

· Simulation and evaluation of electrical and thermal models

· Use of design and analytical CAD packages such as PLECS, Simulink, Matlab, LT/PSPICE software or equivalent, ANSYS Electronics Desktop, ALTIUM


Person Specifications:


· Must have - MEng/MSC Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (PhD with experience desirable)

· Extensive power electronics experience with a focus on wide-bandgap power module design and packaging - Desirable

· Experience designing and working with a range of applications using GaN and SiC.

· Practical experience with DC/DC and DC/AC converters, gate drivers, high frequency inductive and capacitive components, and EMC/EMI requirements

· Experience using and designing inverter power-stages for automotive traction drives (desirable)

· Electric machine control theory (desirable but not essential)

· Proficient use of various modelling and simulation tools; PLECS, Simulink, Matlab, LT/PSPICE software or equivalent, ANSYS Electronics Desktop, ALTIUM

· Must have a level of proficiency in 3D solid modelling software (Solidworks desirable but not essential)


We are looking to either take on someone senior with plenty of experience or a graduate who is looking to get into this specific industry. Salary will vary depending on experience.


If you are interested in this position and would like to know more, please contact Shelby Agius at carbon60 Fareham.

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