Lead Power Electronics engineer

Overview

Lead Power Electronics Engineer responsible for lead design and development, sizing, simulation, testing and validation, and certification of LV/MV VSD/VFDs.

What you'll do

• Perform LV/MV drive engineering for core power electronics, including AC/DC systems.
• Size drives and filters.
• Design product hardware and perform loss budget calculations, earth and protection circuit design, arc flash calculations and root cause analysis.
• Understand product and project specifications and realize requirements through calculations, modeling and simulations.
• Design systems and equipment to meet reliability, testing standards, manufacturability, material and cost guidelines.
• Prepare and validate design documents, including configurations, principles of operation, application guidelines, specifications, BOMs, SLDs and drawings.
• Verify functional performance of prototype hardware under all specified operating conditions.
• Support equipment manufacturing at factory and vendor facilities.
• Document functional test requirements and conduct testing according to applicable standards, including UL and IEC.
• Conduct project FATs.
• Coordinate continuously with the System Engineer and Program, Product and Project Managers on execution.
• Travel as required.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Power Electronics or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of Power Electronics design and testing expertise for industrial drives.
• In-depth knowledge of motors and drive control systems.

Nice to have

• Experience or knowledge in electrical design and simulation tools such as AutoCAD, E-Plan and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and guide a team.
• Self-starter who can work effectively within and between teams and as an individual.
• Ability to energize teams and perceive change as an opportunity.
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse and highly matrix environment.

Details

• Location: Chennai.
• Relocation assistance is provided.