Engineer System Engineering Automotive

9 Months ago • 2 Years +

System Design

Job Description

This role involves designing circuits for power electronic components in automotive applications, including selecting and evaluating components. The responsibilities include designing and developing automotive switching power supply units (PSU) and gate driver units (GDU) using the company's products. The engineer will also be involved in the layout of printed circuit boards, low and high voltage evaluation of components, providing technical support to customers, researching new technologies, and preparing technical documentation. Collaboration with various departments and groups is also expected.

Good To Have:

Experienced in circuit design and layout of printed circuit boards with CAD systems.
Experienced in characterization of gate drivers, power semiconductors and/or inverter systems.
Experienced in designing of power electronic circuitry for automotive electronic equipment.
Good knowledge of power electronic components and/or inverter systems.
Good knowledge of international standards.
Knowledge of Functional Safety requirements acc. to ISO 26262

Must Have:

Degree in Electrical Engineering or related fields.
Good understanding of Power Electronics and electrical engineering fundamentals.
Two (2) years of experience as Power Supply Design Engineer.
Excellent written and oral communications.
Very good command of spoken and written English.
Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
Learning capability and willingness to pursue further education.
Resilient under stress even in tough situations.
Strong organizational skills.
Team player.

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Responsibilities

Circuit design of power electronic components (excluding ICs and/or ASICs) for automotive applications (e.g. gate drivers, power supplies) including selection and evaluation of suitable components
Design and develop automotive switching power supply units (PSU) and gate driver units (GDU) using the company's products for documentation/training materials, customer requirements or board products
Layout of printed circuit boards for automotive applications including compilation of related production data for manufacturing partners
Low and high voltage evaluation of power electronic components
Provide design support and technical advice to the company's customers
Pre-research of technologies related to future product developments for automotive applications
Technical documentation e.g. for Application Note or Datasheets
Collaboration with and support to related automotive and industrial groups like Business Development, Marketing, ASIC Development, Application Engineering, Operations, Quality Department, etc.
Other duties related to role as assigned

Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering or related fields
Good understanding of Power Electronics and electrical engineering fundamentals
Two (2) years of experience as Power Supply Design Engineer or design experience in any of the following areas: power converters/conversion/management, switching/switch mode power supply units (PSU), inverters, power electronics design equipment, analog electronics design, control loop design and power magnetics design (transformer, chokes or inductors)
Excellent written and oral communications with experience in specification creation, technical report writing and test plans/instructions
Very good command of spoken and written English
Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimum supervision
Learning capability and willingness to pursue further education
Resilient under stress even in tough situations
Strong organizational skills
Team player

Preferred

Experienced in circuit design and layout of printed circuit boards with CAD systems (e.g. Altium Designer) and simulation tools (e.g. Micro-Cap, LTSpice, Simetrix)
Experienced in characterization of gate drivers, power semiconductors and/or inverter systems
Experienced in designing of power electronic circuitry for automotive electronic equipment
Good knowledge of power electronic components (e.g. IGBT, MOSFET, SiC MOSFET, Gate Driver) and/or inverter systems
Good knowledge of international standards (e.g. DIN EN, VDE, IEC, ISO)
Knowledge of Functional Safety requirements acc. to ISO 26262