Senior Engineer, System Engineering Automotive

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