Principal Power Electronics Systems Engineer

Location

Solihull, West Midlands | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Principal Power Electronics Systems Engineer

Job Type: Permanent

Location: South Birmingham, West Midlands

Salary: up to 70K plus Private Medical, Bonus up to 10%, Free Lunch (Mon–Fri)

Industry: Electrified Powertrain & Automotive

Wentworth James Group has engaged with a World leading Automotive OEM & an Electrified Powertrain R&D specialist based in Birmingham, West Midlands. Employment of 10,000 globally with exciting future plans opening up in new markets. We are seeking a Principal Power Electronics Systems Engineer to head up a new project within SICON S ilicon C arbide I nverters with O ptimised N ano–modules on a permanent basis to join a fantastic team.

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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