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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