Lead Hardware Engineer – Power Electronics

Job Description:

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Define specifications and requirements for product hardware. - Conduct hardware design and firmware control reviews with a focus on high-level system integration. - Monitor development and create test plans to verify electrical, environmental, and functional compliance. - Lead the design verification and validation tests and own the product life cycle. - Perform FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) to evaluate reliability and ensure there are no safety or liability concerns related to the product. - Coordinate and track product development milestones with the project manager and cross-functional teams (CFTs). - Oversee DFX (Design for Excellence) updates, Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), and product life cycle management. - Mentor the team on design to ensure that established technical standards are adhered to during product development. - Research new development concepts to guide future product innovation. - Identify cost-competitive technological alternatives that are suitable for scaling up. - Validate design concepts through a combination of circuit simulations and prototyping. - Prepare documentation, including bills of materials, circuit diagrams, simulations, design-related documents, and FMEAs.

Qualification Required:

- Bachelor/Master’s degree in Power Electronics with Minimum 6+ years of experience in design and development of converters/Inverters. - Strong understanding of closed-loop control for power converters and compensator design. - Experience with high-speed or high-power semiconductor devices, specifically power converter designs over 500kVA and in medium-voltage (up to 1.5kV) applications. - Solid technical knowledge, competence, and system-level design experience. - Proven track record of managing multiple power electronics projects involving analog and digital electronics as well as control circuitry. - Experience in EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) filter design and product qualification/compliance testing. - Familiarity with circuit simulation tools like SIMULINK. - Skills in derating, FMEA, and reliability analysis. - Excellent circuit debugging and troubleshooting capabilities. - Experience in writing technical documents such as hardware requirements, product design specifications, test specifications, and board-level design details. - Strong knowledge of component selection and system integration. - Good communication skills in English, both spoken and written. - Experience mentoring small teams with strong decision-making capabilities and the ability to work effectively in an agile product development model.

A team player who takes responsibility and results-oriented to thrive in a fast-paced environment and willing to lead a team of power electronics engineers.

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