Power Electronics – Principal Systems Engineer

Principal Engineer – Power Electronics Systems Engineering

Birmingham

Powertrain Development

About the Role

Changan is undergoing a major transformation to electrify the powertrains of our passenger car business. The UK R&D Centre is at the forefront of this work to develop the future generation of electrified, connected, and intelligent powertrains. We are looking for an experienced Principal Engineer – Power Electronics Systems Engineering to join us.

Requirements

• Strong numeracy and literacy
• Five to ten years experience is required and preferably some of this will be in automotive
• Good logical reasoning
• Deep experience of Power Electronics ideally including Automotive Inverters
• Knowledge of power electronic devices and how they are integrated into the HV electrical system
• Experience of developing hardware to meet IEC 61508 (or domain specific variant, e.g. ISO 26262)
• Experience of specification, development and test of power electronic device such as inverters
• Experience of working with teams of engineers designing and testing power electronics
• Evidence of achieving results through effective work against objectives
• Good communication skills

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the capture of requirements and support the development of power electronics hardware and software traction drive and power conversion systems
• Lead/support the testing of power electronics hardware and software
• Capturing and analysing requirements from different stakeholders
• Disseminate requirements to appropriate teams for action
• Support the development of electrical and electronics architecture for e-drive applications including HV harness and connectors schematics
• Prepare/develop test plans and methods
• Provide expertise for investigations and problem-solving activities
• Lead the System DFMEA and support functional safety analysis
• Ensure compliance with relevant EMC/EMI standards
• Managing the technical delivery of suppliers

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