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Power Electronics Engineer (All Levels)

Conifer

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.

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