Senior Engineer System Engineering Automotive
Description
Job Summary
As Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for the research, characterization, and product development of power supply solutions for automotive applications.
Responsibilities
- Perform research, development, and design of power supplies for automotive applications using the company’s products.
- Develop techniques and methods to optimize power supplies using the company’s products and contribute to improving the PI Expert Software Suite.
- Assist in new product development and explore new applications for PI’s IC products.
- Design, implement, test and characterize automotive switching power supply units (PSU) using the company's products for documentation, training materials or customer requirements
- Evaluate, document, and optimize switching power supplies built with the company’s products.
- Provide design support and technical advice to the company's customers
- Develop technical application materials for publication and presentation at technical conferences, industry seminars, trade magazines, and data books
- Other duties related to the role as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related fields
- Excellent understanding of Power Electronics or general electronics engineering fundamentals
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Power Supply Design Engineer or design experience in any of the following areas: power converters/conversion/management, 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)
- Good written and oral communication skills with experience in technical report writing
- Good command of spoken and written English
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimum supervision
- Good learning capability and willingness to pursue further education
- Resilient under stress, even in challenging situations
- Strong organizational skills
- Team player
Preferred
- Experience designing power electronic circuitry for automotive applications, industrial electronic equipment, or consumer devices
- Experience in circuit design and layout of printed circuit boards with CAD systems (e.g., Altium Designer), simulation tools (e.g., Micro-Cap, Simetrix/SIMPLIS), and 3D modeling tools (Solidworks)
- A good understanding of Power Electronics PCB layout design is a plus
- Experienced in supporting products going into mass production
- Knowledge of international standards (e.g., DIN EN, VDE, IEC, ISO)
- Good knowledge of power electronic components (e.g., IGBT, MOSFET, SiC MOSFET, Gate Driver) or inverter systems