Power Electronics Engineer

Power Electronics Engineer

We are currently supporting an innovative engineering organisation operating at the forefront of advanced technology development. They are looking to strengthen their electronics team with an experienced Power Electronics Engineer to contribute to the design, development and verification of next-generation power conversion solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on technically challenging projects involving high-performance power electronics, power conversion, control systems and electronic hardware development within a highly skilled engineering environment.

Responsibilities of the Power Electronics Engineer

• Design and develop power electronics solutions for advanced electronic systems.
• Design and verification of DC/DC and AC/DC converter topologies.
• Work with power conversion technologies including PFC and full-bridge architectures.
• Develop analogue monitoring, sensing and control circuits.
• Design and implement switching strategies including PWM-based control techniques.
• Work with modern power semiconductor technologies such as MOSFET, SiC and GaN devices.
• Develop gate drive circuits and switching control solutions.
• Perform analysis of conduction losses, switching losses and thermal performance.
• Support protection strategies including overcurrent protection and fault handling.
• Contribute to EMI/EMC mitigation, filtering and power quality improvements.

Requirements of the Power Electronics Engineer

• Extensive experience within power electronics engineering.
• Strong understanding of power conversion and switching technologies.
• Proven experience designing DC/DC and AC/DC converters.
• Experience working with power factor correction (PFC) and full-bridge solutions.
• Knowledge of analogue electronics for monitoring and control applications
• Experience with PWM control methods and switching techniques.
• Understanding of hard-switching and soft-switching methodologies.
• Experience working with power semiconductors including MOSFET, SiC and GaN technologies.
• Understanding of EMI/EMC principles and filtering techniques.
• Experience with circuit simulation tools such as LTspice or PSpice.
• Experience using schematic design tools such as Cadence.