Job Title
A Principal Power Electronics Engineer is required to join a client of Carbon60 based in Andover. The company specializes in electronics manufacturing, providing products to sectors including Automotive, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, and more.
About the Role
This is a permanent position that requires expertise in Electronic Design. As a key member of an esteemed team, you will provide expert knowledge and lead Power Engineering and Electronic Design activities.
Key Responsibilities
* Design automotive-grade inverter hardware, including 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.
* Create technical documentation, including manufacturing packs and test procedures.
* Monitor developments in manufacturing techniques in Power Electronics and related industries to maintain up-to-date manufacturing processes knowledge.
* Utilize reliability, risk, or safety analysis tools for the analysis of hardware, such as FTA, DFMEA.
* SIMulate and evaluate electrical and thermal models.
* Use design and analytical CAD packages like PLECS, Simulink, Matlab, LT/PSPICE software or equivalent, ANSYS Electronics Desktop, ALTIUM.
Requirements
* 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).
Salary
The salary for this position will be between £60,000-£90,000 per annum, depending on experience.