Specialist - Power Electronics Systems & Architecture

Overview

Lead power-electronics architecture and technical decisions for converter systems in the mobility domain, based in Pune, India.

What you'll do

• Lead the definition of converter use cases, system boundaries, operating modes, operating envelopes, requirements, interfaces and CTQs.
• Translate application-level requirements into converter-level architecture and subsystem requirements.
• Identify, screen and compare alternative inverter and DC/DC converter topologies.
• Develop or guide reduced-order, averaged and switching-model simulations to evaluate candidate converter architectures before detailed hardware design.
• Evaluate topology alternatives across efficiency, power density, cost, reliability, component stress, thermal performance, controllability, EMI/EMC, scalability and development risk.
• Own the topology-selection process and recommend the preferred converter architecture through documented trade studies and technical reviews.
• Assess modulation, control-loop structure, stability, sensing, computational effort, calibration complexity, operating-mode transitions and fault-management implications of candidate topologies.
• Collaborate with controls and embedded-software engineers to confirm controllability across the complete operating envelope.
• Provide technical guidance in semiconductor selection, gate drives, magnetics, DC-link design, sensing, isolation, protection, EMI filtering, loss analysis, component derating and worst-case analysis.
• Mentor power-electronics hardware engineers and lead simulation, schematic, design and technical-risk reviews.
• Define converter verification and validation strategies, test methods, instrumentation and acceptance criteria.
• Lead design refinement and technical root-cause analysis.
• Guide converter concepts from early architecture exploration through proof-of-concept demonstration and technology maturation.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with 13–18 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Control Systems or a closely related discipline with 10–15 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience should include substantial responsibility for power-converter architecture, hardware development, modeling, controls integration or converter validation.
• Strong relevant experience in converter architecture, power-electronics hardware development, system modeling or converter validation.
• Demonstrated technical ownership of multiple power-converter development activities, including at least one inverter or DC/DC converter taken from architecture selection through prototype validation.
• Strong knowledge of power-conversion topologies, semiconductor devices, magnetics, gate drives, sensing, isolation and protection.
• Experience performing converter topology comparisons and architecture trade studies.
• Experience using MATLAB/Simulink and at least one converter simulation platform such as PLECS, PSIM, SABER, SIMPLIS, PSpice or LTspice.
• Working knowledge of converter modulation, current and voltage control, stability, transient response and operating-mode management.
• Experience defining converter-level verification plans and correlating simulation results with prototype measurements.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead multidisciplinary technical decisions.

Nice to have

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in Electric or Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
• Experience with traction inverters, auxiliary inverters, bidirectional converters or HV/LV DC/DC converters.
• Experience with SiC or GaN power-conversion systems.
• Hands-on exposure to assessing, implementing or validating converter control concepts.
• Knowledge of functional safety, DFMEA/FMECA and automotive power-electronics development.
• Experience with HIL or PHIL validation.
• Familiarity with converter EMI/EMC, insulation coordination and high-voltage safety.
• Experience with design-to-cost, technology-maturity assessment and design re-use.
• Good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• Collaborative working style, learning agility and stakeholder management skills.

Details

• Location: Pune, India (Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra).
• Eaton's Mobility Group is expected to be combined with a new company, with completion targeted by the end of the first half of 2027.