Power Electronics Engineer — High-Power PCB & Testing

seek.com.au; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rectifier Technologies, an Australian designer/manufacturer of power-conversion systems, is seeking a hands-on mid-level Power Electronics Engineer for its R&D team in Melbourne. The role covers circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping and testing of high-voltage, high-current power-conversion products.

You will develop AC/DC and DC/DC converters, optimise for EMI, thermal and safety, and contribute to design documentation, BOMs and manufacturing files.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent is required.
• 3–7 years' experience in power electronics or electronic-product design.
• Strong hands-on experience with Altium Designer and PCB layouts.

Responsibilities

• Design AC/DC, DC/DC and PFC power-conversion circuits.
• Develop schematics and multilayer PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Optimise PCB designs for high voltage, high current, thermal performance and EMC.
• Apply creepage, clearance, grounding and isolation requirements.
• Select components and perform circuit calculations, simulation and design verification.
• Support the design of power stages, gate drives, sensing and protection circuits.
• Coordinate PCB fabrication, prototype assembly and component sourcing.
• Conduct prototype power-up, testing and root-cause analysis.
• Prepare design docs, BOMs and manufacturing files.
• Support EMC and electrical-safety certification and production release.

Skills

Power electronics

Altium Designer

PCB layout

Schematic capture

EMC

Embedded C / DSP / MCU

Testing & troubleshooting

High voltage / high current design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

PSIM

LTspice

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Rectifier Technologies, an Australian designer/manufacturer of power-conversion systems, is seeking a hands-on mid-level Power Electronics Engineer for its R&D team in Melbourne. The role covers circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping and testing of high-voltage, high-current power-conversion products.

You will develop AC/DC and DC/DC converters, optimise for EMI, thermal and safety, and contribute to design documentation, BOMs and manufacturing files.