Senior Power Electronics Engineer

JD- Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Position: Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Experience: 8 to 15 Years

Location: Bangalore

Department: R&D / Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop power electronic products such as AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters, inverters, rectifiers, battery chargers, and power supplies.
• Perform power circuit design, schematic development, and component selection.
• Design magnetic components including transformers and inductors.
• Conduct simulations using tools such as LTspice, PSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, or PSIM.
• Develop and review PCB layouts considering thermal, EMI/EMC, creepage, and clearance requirements.
• Support prototype build, bring-up, debugging, and validation activities.
• Analyze and resolve field failures and reliability issues.
• Work closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and cost optimization activities.
• Support product certifications such as CE, UL, IEC, ATEX, and IECEx where applicable.
• Prepare design documents, test reports, and engineering change requests.
• Work with the Industrialization/NPI team to support productization, prototype build, pilot builds, production readiness, and smooth transition from design to mass production.
• Knowledge of aerospace and defense standards such as DO-160, DO-178C, and DO-254, with exposure in requirements traceability, verification & validation, design assurance, and certification support for safety-critical electronic systems.

Technical Skills Required

• Strong knowledge of:
• SMPS
• AC-DC Power Supplies
• DC-DC Converters
• Flyback, Forward, Buck, Boost, LLC Topologies
• Power Factor Correction (PFC)
• Battery Management Systems (BMS)
• Motor Drives (preferred)
• Hands-on experience in:
• Analog and Digital Circuit Design
• Power Semiconductor Selection (MOSFET, IGBT, SiC, GaN)
• Thermal Management
• EMI/EMC Design
• PCB Design Review
• Hardware Debugging and Failure Analysis
• Familiarity with:
• Altium Designer, OrCAD, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics
• Oscilloscope, Power Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Electronic Load

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, Power Electronics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in power electronics product development.
• Experience in complete product lifecycle from concept to mass production.

Preferred Skills

• Team leadership and mentoring.
• Project planning and execution.
• Vendor and customer interaction.
• Knowledge of industrial, EV, renewable energy, or aerospace applications.