Power Electronics Engineer (All Levels)
Conifer
Other Engineering · Full-time
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
100,000 – 130,000 USD per year
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2023
Responsibilities
- Play key role in laying framework for electrical and controls component design in future electric drivetrains, create new technology and products
- Push the limits on creating worlds most power dense inverter system and prove it out in field
- System and component level design of inverter, power conversion board, controls board for cost, high volume manufacturing
- Drive simulations and validate performance and efficiency
- Develop in-house test setups and test procedures for durability and performance
- Choosing and planning switching and control components based on latest advances and future usability
- Interface with component suppliers to drive detailed component drawings and test requirements
Qualifications
Education: MS/PhD in Engineering is preferred with a research / project focus on inverter drives.
- Strong first principles understanding of power electronics, PCB layout, controls theory
- Prior experience of at least one design iteration of a power/control board going through concept, design, release, testing, validation and (ideally) a production ramp
- Demonstrated capability of designing complex power electronics systems with multiphysics interactions
- Previous experience designing a system with microcontrollers, FPGAs using features such as PWM, ADC, interrupts, encoders/resolver, etc
- Use of circuit simulation tools such as Plecs, PSpice, Simulink/Simscape
- Bonus qualifications
- Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
- Designing for high EMI environments
- Exposure to tools such as Altium designer, Cadence
- Good understanding of of Li-ion battery systems
Conifer is an equal opportunity employer.