Senior Power Electronics Engineer

W3Global; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

W3Global in Vancouver is seeking a senior power electronics engineer to lead end-to-end development of power conversion solutions. You will own converter architecture, perform topology selection, modeling, and validation, while guiding cross-functional teams through product lifecycle from concept to production.

The role requires at least 10 years in power electronics, hands-on design of PFC/DC-DC converters, and strong expertise in control systems, safety, EMI/EMC, and thermal design.

Qualifications

• Education in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years hands-on industry experience in power electronics design and development, with ownership of released products.
• Strong experience with PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter design.
• Experience with digital/analog control systems and loop stability analysis.
• Knowledge of power semiconductors, magnetics, current sensing, protection circuits, and thermal design.

Responsibilities

• Lead power electronics projects from concept through design, validation, certification, manufacturing ramp-up, and production.
• Define requirements and technical solutions with Product Management and cross-functional teams.
• Own power converter architecture, topology selection, modeling, simulation, design reviews, prototype bring-up, and validation.
• Design AC-DC PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, auxiliary, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter systems.
• Develop and optimize digital control algorithms; perform control loop analysis and stability verification.
• Design and validate magnetics, current sensing, gate drives, protection circuits, and power semiconductor solutions (Silicon, SiC, GaN).
• Debug and characterize systems at component, board, and product levels in lab, manufacturing, and customer environments.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolve technical issues during development, production, and field operation.
• Support safety, regulatory, environmental, and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and mentor engineers through reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Power electronics

PFC

DC-DC converters

Control systems

Thermal design

PCB layout

Team leadership

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

LTspice

PLECS

PSIM

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

• Lead power electronics projects from concept and architecture through design, validation, certification, manufacturing ramp-up, and production.
• Define requirements and technical solutions with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Own power converter architecture, topology selection, modeling, simulation, design reviews, prototype bring-up, and validation.
• Design AC-DC PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, auxiliary, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter systems.
• Develop and optimize digital control algorithms; perform control loop analysis, compensation design, and stability verification.
• Design and validate magnetics, current sensing, gate drives, protection circuits, and power semiconductor solutions including Silicon, SiC, and GaN.
• Debug and characterize systems at component, board, and product levels in lab, manufacturing, and customer environments.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolve technical issues during development, production, and field operation.
• Support safety, regulatory, environmental, and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and mentor engineers through reviews, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
• Other duties as required.

Specific Duties

• Lead power electronics projects from concept and architecture through design, validation, certification, manufacturing ramp-up, and production.
• Define requirements and technical solutions with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Own power converter architecture, topology selection, modeling, simulation, design reviews, prototype bring-up, and validation.
• Design AC-DC PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, auxiliary, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter systems.
• Develop and optimize digital control algorithms; perform control loop analysis, compensation design, and stability verification.
• Design and validate magnetics, current sensing, gate drives, protection circuits, and power semiconductor solutions including Silicon, SiC, and GaN.
• Debug and characterize systems at component, board, and product levels in lab, manufacturing, and customer environments.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolve technical issues during development, production, and field operation.
• Support safety, regulatory, environmental, and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and mentor engineers through reviews, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Education in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on industry experience in power electronics design and development, including technical leadership and ownership of one or more commercially released products delivered through the complete product lifecycle
• Strong experience with PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter design.
• Experience with digital and analog control systems, embedded control, compensation techniques, and loop stability analysis.
• Knowledge of power semiconductors, gate drives, magnetics, current sensing, protection circuits, thermal design, PCB layout, and electro-mechanical integration.
• Proficiency with simulation tools such as LTspice, PLECS, PSIM, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent.
• Experience with safety, EMI/EMC, and regulatory requirements for power electronic products.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, communication, organization, and time-management skills.
• Comfortable working with evolving requirements and balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, schedule, and business needs.
• Consistently exhibit and model clients values (Collaboration, Perseverance, Innovation, Driving Results).