Power Electronics Engineer - Advanced (44071)

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

Location: Wiltshire , South West

Posted Date: 10/07/2019

Expiry Date: 09/08/2019

Our client offers a unique opportunity for a talented and experienced Power Electronics Engineer (BMS) based in their Technical Research Team.

Accountabilities:

The power electronics role will involve:

The development of battery management systems and assessment of alternative battery management solutions and topologies depending on the product requirements
Ensuring battery management systems meet regulatory and company requirements for safety
Charger design and writing detailed charger specifications
Working with the different product teams to gain an indepth product understanding, while using knowledge of the latest technologies to create innovative power electronics systems and solutions
Ensuring designs can comply with relevant EMC/EMI standards and modifying design where needed to ensure this is the case
Thermal management design of power electronics systems
Design of both mains and battery powered electronics to meet global requirements
The design of heater control hardware and associated protection hardware
Power converter design

Skills:

Education and experience:

Minimum BEng/MEng degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or other relevant discipline

Minimum technical knowledge:

Power Electronics:

Design of battery management systems, especially for Lithium-Ion technology
Some battery application experience, specifically with regard to safety systems and determining system parameters
Knowledge of heater control hardware, control schemes and heater protection approaches
Thermal management approaches for surface mount and through hole devices
SMPS and linear regulator power supply design
Design of power electronics for both low voltage and mains voltage systems
General knowledge of power electronic devices, including silicon based IGBTs and MOSFETs through to emerging wide bandgap technologies o Understanding of device characteristics and issues with switching behaviour in real circuits as well as power switch driver design
Device selection - Interpretation of datasheets and knowledge of design methods to confidently select the lowest cost devices while achieving reliability targets o Knowledge and experience of using power hybrid modules and power SoC modules (e.g. drivers and power switches in one device)

Design Tools:

Schematic capture using Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics or other main stream tools
Use of SPICE based simulation tools such as Simetrix and LTspice
Design calculation tools such as Mathcad, Matlab, Excel.

Design Techniques:

Benefits:

27 days holiday plus eight statutory bank holidays

Pension scheme

Performance related bonus

Life assurance

Sport centre

Free on-site parking

Subsidised café and restaurants

Applications:

Please send your CV with salary expectations and notice period to david. powers @jonlee.co.uk.