Lead Power Electronics Design Engineer

Position:
Lead Power Electronics Design Engineer

Job Description:

eInfochips, part of Arrow Electronics, is a global technology provider specializing in product engineering and software R&D services. Delivering engineering solutions to the aerospace, industrial, consumer, and healthcare sectors since 1994. The company is committed to deliver solutions in Silicon Engineering, Embedded Systems, and Software Engineering. Its offer includes complete edge-to-cloud capabilities. With over 500+ products developed and 40M deployments in 140 countries, eInfochips continues to fuel technological innovations in multiple verticals.

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Company | Arrow Electronics

• You will lead the design and development of a range of DC-DC (1000VDC) and AC-DC converters in kW ranges for Aerospace, Automotive and Defence applications.
• Lead multiple projects from kick-off through to manufacturing introduction.
• You will work with customers to distil and agree on specifications.
• Champion the engineering to production handover with concise documentation
• Lead the product testing phases to regulatory standards including EMC, Environmental, Shock, Vibration, Surges and Safety.
• Working with key stakeholders in cross functional teams based in India (3000+ engineers) and UK such as SW, HW, CAD, Mechanical design and PCB layout.

• Be key engineer for the design and development of power converter technology in Aerospace, Automotive and Defence applications. As well as supporting designs in EV, Healthcare, Industrial, Renewables and BESS.
• You will work on proposals, project costings, SOWs and documentation
• Manage internal and external resources for schematic capture, PCB layout, BOM, component selection, mechanical design, testing and prototypes manufacture.
• You will design and develop DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC power converters using simulations and then generate schematic capture, PCB layout and BOMs.
• Ensure new power supplies and systems meet top level design brief + requirements.
• Sometimes a 'hands on approach' is required when supporting the Production Engineers and Test engineering functions
• The role also requires knowledge of best practice design for manufacture.

• Design and development of new products - across the complete life cycle.
• Govern and run design reviews, FMEA, DFMEA, Risk analysis and other reliability tools.
• Manage CAD and simulation tools such as Altium, schematic capture, PCB layouts and CREO.
• Support teams in EMEA and India with development of new prototypes.
• Supporting the approvals process for EMC, Environmental, IEC standards
• Verification, validation, and documentation of.
• Approve NPI work instructions, and test plans for prototypes DVT and production test
• Manage the creation of work instructions for manufacture. Manage into production.
• Ensuring all designs are in accordance with product requirements, they are fit for purpose and conform to safety regulations, EMI, Approvals etc
• Design product test plans, conduct testing and implement improvements
• Ensure compliance to legal and regulatory standards: Environmental / EMC / Surge / EHS, Safety.

• Guide layout for control of EMI and magnetic interference
• Ensure documentation and design process is implemented and maintained.
• Contribute to key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive performance and success.
• Contribute to, generate, and approve technical specifications.
• Ensure the proper release of electrical and electronic parts in time and within specifications.
• Manage In house EMC facility for EMI analysis on products and customers product

• Educated to degree level.
• Experience working on voltages up to 1000VDC and AC mains.
• Understand safety standards for power converters.
• Analysis and simulation of power electronics systems using tools such as: Matlab, PSpice principals.
• Experience in high-reliability design, including redundancy and fault tolerance
• Ability to implement fault sensing and protection, thermal management, and control systems.
• Familiarity with SiC MOSFET key characteristics
• Proven testing and debug skills - can solve development problems.
• A good understanding of electronics components, board level electronics and experience in the processes, assembly techniques as well as power supplies and their construction.
• Experience of environmental and regulatory approvals testing
• Solid understanding of power electronic circuit topologies- buck, boost, flyback, PFCs etc
  
  
  • Design of AC/DC DC/DC PSUs
  • Experience digital PSU design
  • Experience producing schematics Altium / PADs.
  • Able to design PCBs and high current busbar design using best practices
  • Creating PCB layouts and selecting appropriate electronic components ensuring designed for manufacture and EMI standards
  • Can design gate drivers
  • Understand the link between software and firmware

• Ideally experienced with some of the following:
  
  
  • Standards compliance for CA/CE Marking, Safety; UL; CB; EN62368,EN60601-1.
  • Strong knowledge of aerospace standards and regulations (e.g., DO-254, DO-178C, D0-160).
  • Functional safety, ASIL ratings and ISO26262 standard.
  • EN61000-4:-3,-5,-6,-11, MIL-461E/F and more.
  • Mechanical design and layout packages
  • Familiarity with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and FPGA design
  • Software and FW experience preferred C / C++ / LabView / Basic
  • PMBus, I2C, SMBus, CAN, RS232, RS485
  • APQP, six sigma or similar (FMEA, quality planning, PPAP etc).

• Attractive employee compensation package
• Extra benefits: life insurance, pension scheme
• Annual leave of 25 days
• Reliable & trusting work environment
• Cooperative team with flat structures and communication
• Professional and personal development