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Lead Power Electronics Hardware Engineer
About the role
Lead Power Electronics Hardware Engineer responsible for design, sizing, simulation, testing, validation, and certification of LV/MV drives (VSD/VFD). Leads core power electronics engineering, drive & filter sizing, hardware design, loss budgeting, protection circuits, arc flash calculations, and RCA. Develops models, simulations, and ensures reliability, manufacturability, and cost guidelines. Prepares design documents, BOM, SLD, drawings, and validates prototypes under all operating conditions. Supports manufacturing at factory/vendor, documents functional test requirements, conducts tests per UL/IEC standards, and performs FATs. Coordinates with system engineers and program/product/project managers. May require travel. Requires bachelor/master's in Power Electronics or Electrical Engineering, 10+ years of industrial drive design/testing, proficiency in AUTOCAD/E-Plan, MATLAB/Simulink, motors/drive control systems. Demonstrates strong communication, mentorship, and teamwork skills.
What you’ll do
- LV/MV Drive Engineering – Core Power Electronics (AC/ DC systems)
- Drive & Filter Sizing, Product hardware design / loss budget calculation / Earth & Protection circuits /Arc Flash Calculation/ RCA.
- Understand product / project specifications and realize requirements to design using calculations, modeling and simulations.
- Design system/equipment to meet reliability, testing standards, manufacturability, material and cost guidelines
- Prepare & validate Design documents - Configurations, principles of operation, application guidelines, specifications, BOM, SLD & drawings as per requirement.
- Verify functional performance of prototype hardware under all specified operating conditions.
- Support Manufacturing of equipment at Factory / Vendor facility
- Document functional test requirements and conduct test according to applicable standards (UL/IEC etc.…) /conduct project FAT’s.
- Coordinate with System Engineer and Program / Product / Project manager execution on a continuous basis.
- May require travel as required.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor or master's degree in Power Electronics or Electrical Engineering or Equivalent
- Min. 10+ years of Power electronics design & testing expertise for Industrial drives
- Preferred experience/knowledge in Electrical design / Simulation tools like AUTOCAD / E-Plan and MATLAB/Simulink
- In-depth knowledge of Motors /Drive control Systems.
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Benefits
Relocation Assistance Provided
Education
Bachelor or master's degree in Power Electronics or Electrical Engineering or Equivalent