Technical Specialist / Lead Engineer

Technical Specialist / Lead Engineer – Power Electronics Design

Powertrain Development

Requirements

• Strong numeracy and literacy
• A minimum of ten years experience is essential and preferably some of this will be in automotive
• Good logical reasoning
• Deep experience of Power Electronics Design ideally including Automotive Inverters with experience of “Design for Manufacture”
• Knowledge of power electronic devices, including silicon based IGBTs and MOSFETs through to emerging SiC / GaN based technologies: gate driver, control architecture and measurement circuits, selection/characterisation of devices for inverter
• Experience of developing hardware to meet IEC 61508 (or domain specific variant, e.g. ISO 26262)
• Experience of relevant CAD/CAE tools for the design of Power Electronic products
• Experience of working with teams of engineers designing and testing power electronics
• Experience of RA/SSOW in an HV test environment
• Evidence of achieving results through effective work against objectives
• Good communication skills

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Lead the design of power electronics hardware for traction drive and power conversion systems
• Capturing and analysing requirements from different stakeholders
• Design power electronics systems: IGBT/SiC drives, power converter including transistor selection, gate drive design, power inverter design, measurements circuits, microprocessor selection and protection strategies
• Support the development of electrical and electronics architecture for e-drive applications including HV harness and connectors schematics
• Perform analysis/simulation of electrical and thermal performance
• Design and build power electronics test and measurement equipment for internal development activity
• Developing validation tests for electrical test bench, HiL and vehicle
• Can develop concept, proving key technologies and demonstrating the system functionality
• Provide expertise for investigations and problem-solving activities
• Lead the hardware DFMEA and support functional safety analysis
• Ensure compliance with relevant EMC/EMI standards
• Managing the technical delivery of suppliers