Lead Power Electronics Engineer

GE Vernova; Rugby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Power Electronics Engineer to oversee Low and Medium Voltage design tasks in a multidisciplinary team. Your role will involve developing power electronics solutions for critical applications in energy and maritime sectors, ensuring high standards and compliance. You can expect a supportive work environment with flexible arrangements, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

26 days of vacation + bank holidays

Private Health Insurance

Employer pension contribution

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent qualifications in power electronics.
• Possession of SC level security clearance is required.
• Knowledge of semiconductor devices and their gating electronics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Electrical and Mechanical design process for control and power solutions.
• Undertake power electronics circuit design and testing.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and international standards.

Skills

Knowledge of power electronic converter control systems design

Good semiconductor device domain knowledge

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Education

Relevant academic degree in power electronics or related area

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

PLECS

PSpice

Mathcad

Job description

GE Vernova’s Power Conversion & Storage business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.

As the Lead Power Electronics Engineer you will be responsible for leading and performing Low Voltage and Medium Voltage power electronics and electrical design tasks on Drive System projects. This is a technical role and will involve working in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to specify, design, support manufacturing & validation of megawatt-scale power electronics for Marine, Energy, and Industry applications.

In this role you will:

• Lead the Electrical and Mechanical design process of power, control, and cooling solutions for power electronics converters to customer specs.
• Undertake all aspects of power electronics circuits design, snubber design, gating electronics design, thermal design, electrical etc.
• Drives system level understanding for fault level study and protection strategy.
• Produce Schematics with EPLAN (or equivalent), for circuits.
• Manage bills of materials (BOMs) for all assemblies, maintaining control with change management process.
• Maintain requirements, understanding, and delivering against FMEA and lessons learned.
• Verification, validation, testing of LV & MV power electronic systems, drives/converters/ Inverters of MW range power systems. These will include power electronic inverter full temperature heat run test, EMC, overload, abnormal testing conditions and performance evaluation and optimisation, etc.
• Producing clear test methods and capturing and documenting the results.
• Ensure power electronic system designs comply with the relevant health & safety, international standards, and class society rules.
• Support attainment of on-time delivery, cost, and quality targets on projects.
• Provide technical assistance to tendering, test and commissioning teams.
• Liaison with customers, suppliers, and sub-contractors.

Essential qualifications:

• Sole British citizenship with a valid British Passport (“UK Eyes only”)
• Possession of or being capable of obtaining SC level security clearance.
• Relevant academic degree or equivalent qualifications in power electronics or related area.
• Knowledge of power electronic converter control systems design and analysis.
• Knowledge of power electronics converter design and electrical machines control methods is desirable.
• Semiconductor device domain knowledge (Diodes, Thyristors, IGBTs, GTOs, IGCT, MOSFETS, SiC, GaN, etc.)
• Good semiconductor device domain knowledge and their associated gating electronics & snubber circuits design and thermal design.
• Willing to travel within UK and overseas for short-term working.

What will make you stand out:

• Previous experience of modelling, analysis, and simulation of power electronic converter systems, using standard industrial design tools such as: MATLAB, Simulink, PLECS, PSpice, Mathcad, CFD, etc.
• Ability to multi-task on a variety of projects
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• SAP and Teamcenter (PLM) experience.

You can expect from us:

• Challenging and rewarding projects.
• A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexibility requirements.
• Attractive compensation.
• Flexible benefits so you can build a package that fits your personal needs. Some core benefits are: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution), Income protection, Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance.
• 26 days vacation + bank holidays

This role involves work for customers who manage critical infrastructure; based on customer requirements it will be necessary to carry out background checks and suitability assessments (UK BPSS clearance OR UK Security Clearance (SC)) as part of the hiring process.

Flexible Working at GE Vernova

We know that life doesn’t fit into a one-size-fits-all schedule. That’s why we support flexible working, adaptable start and finish times or compressed hours where possible. We trust our people to manage their work in a way that suits them while delivering results on world-first projects.

We’re always looking for top talent! If this role isn’t quite right, but you’re interested in joining GE Vernova, we can support you to understand where your skills could help. Get in touch today and become part of a team shaping the future of power conversion technology! [e-mail]

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