Power Electronics Hardware Engineer (m/f/d)

Keysight Technologies; Bochum; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies in Bochum seeks a senior Power Electronics Design Engineer to help shape advanced power electronic systems. You will contribute to PCB design, power topologies, and thermal management while collaborating closely with mechanical and software teams to ensure performance and reliability.

The role covers full product lifecycle from concept to prototyping and validation, with emphasis on manufacturability and integration into complex test and measurement platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Ability to work on-site in Bochum, Germany.
• 10+ years of experience in power electronics with a track record in switching converter design.
• Hands-on design experience for high-voltage up to 2.5 kV and high-power hundreds of kW.
• Ability to model systems and circuits in PLECS/LTSpice and FEM tools like Ansys Maxwell.

Responsibilities

• Support conceptual work of power electronic devices.
• Select semiconductor components for power electronics.
• Design inductances and transformers from specifications.
• Design PCBs for power electronics, measurement and control circuits.
• Optimize power electronics based on simulations and measurements.

Skills

Power electronics design

Circuit modeling

Thermal management

PCB design

HDL design (desirable)

Python programming

System modeling

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ansys Maxwell

PLECS

LTSpice

Xpedition

Siemens/DX Designer

Job description

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

About the Team

Our hardware development team in Bochum focuses on the design and industrialization of advanced electronic and power-electronic systems. The team works at the intersection of mechanical engineering, power electronics, and thermal design, ensuring reliable, manufacturable, and high-performance products.

Working in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, you will partner closely with mechanical, software, and system engineers to develop robust device architectures, optimize thermal performance, and ensure successful integration of complex power electronics into larger assemblies.

The team combines strong engineering fundamentals with practical problem-solving to deliver solutions that perform reliably in real-world environments.

About the Role

As a Power Electronics Design Engineer, you will contribute to the design and development of power electronics for sophisticated electronic systems, with a particular focus on PCB design, power electronics topologies, and thermal management.

You will support the full product lifecycle, from concept development through prototyping and validation to industrialization. The role requires strong collaboration with mechanical and software engineers to ensure optimal performance, manufacturability, and product reliability.

This position is ideal for engineers interested in working at the interface between mechanical engineering and electronics, contributing to next-generation test and measurement and power electronic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support of conceptual work of power electronic devices
• Selection of semiconductor components for power electronics
• Design of inductances and transformers based off specifications derived from conceptual work
• Design of PCBs for power electronics, measurement circuits and control circuits
• Optimization of power electronics based off simulations and measurements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
• Ability to work daily on-site in Bochum, Germany
• 10+ years of experience in power electronics, with a proven track record in switching converter design.
• Hands-on experience designing power electronic systems for:
  • High-voltage applications up to 2.5 kV
  • High-power applications reaching hundreds of kilowatts
  • Various switching converter topologies
• Strong ability to model systems and circuits in circuit simulator tools like PLECS or LTSpice
• Strong ability to model inductances and transforms in FEM simulator tools like AnSys Maxwell
• Analog design skills, including experience in both time and frequency domain measurements

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience in coding, simulating, testing, and debugging HDL designs
• Experience with Siemens/Mentor DX Designer and Xpedition tool chain
• Strong Python programming skills. Be able to create code that is clear, efficient, maintainable, and well documented
• Ability to collaborate across multiple design domains including firmware, gateware, analog and digital hardware interfaces

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