Associate Engineer - Power Electronics

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Analyses project specifications
• Offers solution architectures to meet the needs
• Performs electronic simulations on PC
• Works on electronic designs (schematics), component sizing and theoretical analysis to study the worst cases scenarios and thus consider all the potential stress experienced by the components (stress tests)
• Creates schematics on CAD software
• Develop and validate power electronics for high power battery charges
• Develop and verify digital and analog power electronics control hardware
• Record specification designs, drawings, bills of materials and test data
• Create test procedures to verify hardware designs
• Develop electric drive system hardware and execute motor control algorithms
• Develop and test power electronic circuits, digital logic, microcomputer, and analog circuits
• Ensure products satisfy UL, CSA, IEC, IEEE, EU, and EN requirements
• Handle power electronics, components, circuits and modules
• Evaluate and debug circuit design
• Build test equipment to qualify electronic modules for production
• Ensure prototype of electronic circuits
• Prepare product or system layout and detail drawings and schematics
• Check engineering test results for application to system developments

Skills/ Qualifications:

Essential Skills:

• Quick learner with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, maintain focus and adapt to a variety of challenges
• Ability to conduct detailed procedures in a time-constrained environment
• Familiarity with battery energy storage systems
• Experience in smart energy grids
• Model and simulate control algorithms for grid-tie energy storage converters

Opportunities:

• Working with advanced Energy Storage technologies and pioneering the electrical management systems of the "supercapacitors" and “fuel cells”.

• Working with a cross-functional team comprising of scientists, engineers, and business analysts
• Working for high growth, deep technology startup funded by leading VCs like Sequoia Capital and Exfinity Ventures

Requirements and profile:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university focused on electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or related technical field and 3+ years of related experience OR Masters degree with 1+ years’ experience required
• Minimum 3+ years of experience developing battery systems, packs, or cells required. Strong technical experience and passion for battery chemistry technology required
• Experience applying lithium battery technology to battery modules and packs for full-vehicle high voltage systems required.
• Experience and understanding of automotive high voltage DC power systems, including DC/DC converters, battery chargers, electric motors, power distribution, or grounding required.
• Knowledge of vehicle-level battery systems, including temperature sensing, current sensing, power switching, fusing, electromagnetic interference (EMI), & electrical connectivity required.

Detail-oriented, reliable, and self-motivated required

Would be a plus:

• Proven record in start-up environment working with innovations

• Exposure to a high paced working environment