Senior Power Electronic Design Engineer
Recruiter
JLR
Listed on
29th July 2022
Location
Gaydon
Type
Permanent
Start Date
2022-07-29
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A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.WHAT TO EXPECT
As a Senior Power Electronic Design Engineer, you will be working within the Advanced Engineering team and be responsible for technically leading the power electronic research & development activities for high performance traction inverters.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
As a Senior Power Electronic Design Engineer your key accountabilities and responsibilities will include the design, development and implementation of power electronics commodities and their key technologies such as power modules, semiconductors, gate drivers and DC link capacitors from concept to industrialisation. You will also support links with Suppliers, Universities, Research institutions and Technology Innovation Centres on power electronic technologies and applications.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
The ideal candidate will be a proactive engineer seeking to develop full lifecycle experience in automotive power electronic products. Strong people skills and the ability to work individually and in a cross functional team. You will have an organised and committed approach to deliver complex work packages concurrently and be an effective communicator.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential:
Power Electronic related engineering Degree or PhD
Strong background in power electronic topologies and power semiconductor technologies
Automotive Power Electronic development lifecycle, especially Traction Inverters and/or DCDC converters and OBCs.
Product design based on IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs
Power Module Design, Verification and Validation.
Electronic devices and circuits and their application, including power devices, microcontrollers, programmable logic, switch mode power supplies, analogue and digital circuits, design for EMC, printed circuit board design and manufacturing processes.
Reliability analysis including component tolerancing, worst-case analysis, derating, EMC and thermal simulation.
Working knowledge of problem resolution techniques such as 8D.
The role will require inter-site travel therefore, it is essential that candidates hold a valid UK Drivers licence.
Desirable:
Understanding of failure mode avoidance techniques and their application in product development.
FMEDA, FTA, diagnostic coverage analysis, DFMEA, DRBFM, reliability analysis.
Experience in the automotive industry.
