Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Job: Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Location: Goleta, CA

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented Senior Power Electronics Engineer to join our engineering team that is working on the continuing development of our power electronics product line. We provide advanced electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and power generation systems to the Aerospace and Defense markets. The Sr. Power Electronics Engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams by working on the electrical designs, writing and reviewing test plans, designing test systems and driving the integration process from pre-integration module level through system level verification. The Sr. Power Electronics Engineer provides expertise to plan and deliver electronic designs through the entire development, integration, and verification process by qualifying all requirements up to the system level.

What You'll Do

Lead specific product design efforts from concept to production

Analyze controller/power converter solutions for permanent magnet electric machines

Perform detailed system analyses to evaluate power semiconductor devices for target applications

Define power semiconductors, optimize gate drivers and busbar designs

Perform high voltage (up to 1,000 V) and high current (up to 1,000 A) experiments

Validate the performance of the prototype for finalization of product

Provide engineering support to production

Assist in planning and testing new products for required analysis

Document design reports, test results, and failure analysis

Actively contribute to the company's continual improvement of internal processes

What You Need

BS degree with 10+ years of industry experience in power electronics hardware design

In-depth understanding and working knowledge of switching power converters

Must be able to develop concepts and product designs that are on the cutting edge of technology in the areas of high current, high power (> 200 kW), low voltage, high efficiency/density, converter designs

Have the ability to design AC-DC and DC-DC Converters

Must be able to move from concept to architecture to design

Have an in depth knowledge of multiple conversion topologies (flyback, forward, push-pull, etc.) and the ability to simulate and model designs

Familiarity with EDA tools

Knowledge of PSPICE simulation tools

Knowledge of OrCAD and Altium design tools

Know how to develop test plans, procedures, and test solutions

Understanding and working knowledge and characteristics of magnetics (including inductor/transformer modeling), magnetization inductance, magnetization current, leakage inductance, intra-winding and inter-winding capacitance, self-resonant frequency, characteristics and limitations of magnetic cores, core saturation, core loss, high frequency losses, core reset, winding techniques for optimization of desired magnetics, and design of current transformers

Highly Desirable Competencies

Technical leadership experience

PCB layout using Altium design tools

Experience with thermal design considerations and packaging

Patents and publications

Industry experience in Aerospace or Defense