Senior Engineer, System Engineering Automotive

6 Months ago • 5 Years +

System Design

Job Description

This Senior Engineer role focuses on designing and developing power electronic components for automotive applications. Responsibilities include circuit design, layout of printed circuit boards, and providing technical support to customers. The role involves working with various teams and requires expertise in power electronics, along with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. The candidate will be involved in the design of power supply units (PSU) and gate driver units (GDU). Pre-research of technologies related to future product developments is also part of the role. It requires collaboration with different departments like business development, marketing, and operations. The engineer will also be responsible for creating technical documentation such as application notes and datasheets.

Good To Have:

Experience with CAD systems for circuit design and layout.
Experience in characterization of gate drivers and power semiconductors.
Experience in designing power electronic circuitry for automotive equipment.
Good knowledge of power electronic components and 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.
5 years of experience as Power Supply Design Engineer.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Very good command of spoken and written English.
Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
Learning capability and willingness for 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
Five (5) 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