GaN Power Electronics & Motor-Drive Engineer

Novomorphic Ltd.; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Salary sacrifice pension

Annual discretionary bonus

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Tailored benefits

Job summary

Novomorphic Ltd. seeks a PhD-level engineer to join a structured industry development programme focused on high-performance motor drives. You will work across GaN power stages and FPGA-based control, transitioning designs from architecture to hardware validation at Novomorphic's Cardiff site.

You will develop deep expertise in GaN inverter design, motor control with FOC, and FPGA implementation while collaborating with researchers and partners to deliver robust, deterministic drive systems.

Qualifications

• PhD in power electronics or closely related field completed or near completion.
• Strong understanding of three-phase inverter operation, gate drives and DC-link behaviour.
• Experience with BLDC/PMSM drives and SVPWM.
• Practical lab experience with power electronics and oscilloscope debugging.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, risks and test results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design GaN inverter architectures for BLDC and PMSM drives.
• Define gate-driver architecture, isolation, biasing, safe switching.
• Develop FPGA-based FOC and SVPWM; ensure timing and control loop integrity.
• Integrate motor-twin outputs with hardware platform and firmware.
• Lead system integration, test planning and technical risk management.

Skills

Power electronics

Motor drives

FPGA control

Lab debugging

Education

PhD in power electronics or related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

FPGA toolchains

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Novomorphic Ltd. seeks a PhD-level engineer to join a structured industry development programme focused on high-performance motor drives. You will work across GaN power stages and FPGA-based control, transitioning designs from architecture to hardware validation at Novomorphic's Cardiff site.

You will develop deep expertise in GaN inverter design, motor control with FOC, and FPGA implementation while collaborating with researchers and partners to deliver robust, deterministic drive systems.