Power Integrations Careers

Description

As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for product development of power supply and PCB-based gate driver solutions for automotive applications.

Responsibilities

• Circuit design of power electronic components (excluding ICs and/or ASICs) for automotive applications (e.g. gate drivers, power supplies) including selection and evaluation of suitable components
• Assist in new product development and explore new applications for PI’s IC products
• Design and develop automotive switching power supply units (PSU) and gate driver units (GDU) using the company's products for documentation/training materials, customer requirements or board products
• Evaluate, document, and optimize switching power supplies and gate drivers 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.
• Research of technologies related to future product developments for automotive applications
• Collaboration with and support to related automotive and industrial groups like Business Development, Marketing, ASIC Development, Application Engineering, Operations, Quality Department, etc.
• Other duties related to role as assigned

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related fields
• Excellent understanding of Power Electronics and electrical engineering fundamentals
• Eight (8) years of experience as Power Supply Design Engineer or design experience in any of the following areas: power converters/conversion/management, switching/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)
• Experience designing power electronic circuitry for industrial electronic equipment or consumer devices
• Good written and oral communications with experience in specification creation, technical report writing and test plans/instructions
• Good command of spoken and written English
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Learning capability and willingness to pursue further education
• Resilient under stress even in tough situations
• Strong organizational skills
• Team player

Preferred

• Experienced in circuit design and layout of printed circuit boards with CAD systems (e.g. Altium Designer) and simulation tools (e.g. Micro-Cap, Simetrix/SIMPLIS)
• Experienced in designing of power electronic circuitry for automotive electronic equipment
• Experienced in characterization of gate drivers, power semiconductors and/or inverter systems
• Profound knowledge of power electronic components (e.g. IGBT, MOSFET, SiC MOSFET, Gate Driver) and/or inverter systems
• Knowledge of international standards (e.g. DIN EN, VDE, IEC, ISO).
• Knowledge of Functional Safety requirements acc. to ISO 26262