Power Electronics Engineer

Cheshire, England, gb

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Power Electronics Engineer is required for a Design and Development solutions organisation company, based in a popular Cheshire location. The Engineering team is being expanded to develop and mature a portfolio of Power Exchangers to deploy into global power grid systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Providing technical expertise for the power electronics, and interfaces to the control and data monitoring systems
  • System level knowledge and expertise in the product and it’s applications
  • Understanding customer, market and regulatory requirements for power distribution grid interfaces
  • Ideas generation for new products covering all areas of expertise
  • Design of power electronics systems to meet product requirements.
  • Creating component level modelling of the power electronic system and its interface to the power grid
  • Writing tests for inclusion in the test plan for the power electronics
  • Working with the team and certification agencies to gain product approval
  • Member of the design review team for power electronics system and its sub systems
  • Design of high-power filters, transformer interfaces and IGBT/ MOSFET systems
  • Design of gate driver and control architecture and measurement circuitry
  • Experience of PCB layout design and manufacturing support
  • Performing product testing of power electronic systems at 1 MVA and above
  • Expertise of power electronics design, analogue and digital systems, embedded system, control engineering, system simulation, semiconductor switching devices and thermal design,
  • Design of products to meet electromagnetic compatibility standards
  • Experience of NI equipment, LabVIEW and python scripting would be a distinct advantage
  • Skills:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Engineering discipline: Electrical, Electronic, Software
  • Technical decision making and influencing skills
  • Experience in simulation tools i.e. Matlab / Simulink, PSPICE
  • Requirements capture and management
  • Experience in formal methodologies and V-cycle for Systems Engineering
  • Experience designing and certifying Safety Critical Systems (SIL 1 + )
  • Experience of electronics and electrical development tools, techniques and methodologies
  • Experience of designing microprocessor-based systems
  • Knowledge of the application of power electronic systems and power convertors
  • Using KiCad to create Schematics and PCB designs
  • Using AutoCad Electrical to create schematics and wiring diagrams
  • Knowledge of LV and MV power networks and their topologies would be a distinct advantage
  • This is an exciting opportunity for a Power Electronics Engineer to join a Design and Development solutions organisation based in Chesire. If you’re interested, please apply with your CV.

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