Power Electronics Design Engineer – R&D

PLUS CATALYST LIMITED; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

PLUS CATALYST LIMITED, a leading international electrification business, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join their R&D division based at South Tyneside. You will design, prototype, test, troubleshoot and repair power electronic systems and assemblies.

Reporting to the R&D Manager, you will follow the V-model, capture requirements, document procedures and perform analyses, simulations and design verifications to support both new product development and sustaining projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in power electronics design, motor drives or static converters.
• Knowledge of gate drive circuits and silicon technologies.
• Experience with circuit analysis, simulations and design of experiments.
• Strong documentation, mentoring and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define qualification testing methods for components and assemblies.
• Provide engineering support to the product development team.
• Follow the product development cycle (V-model) from requirements to verification.
• Document schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams and test results.
• Design, setup and run tests to ensure specifications are met.
• Maintain design records and apply new techniques to improve cost and manufacturability.

Skills

Power electronics design

Motor drives

Gate drive circuits

Low voltage control circuits

Circuit analysis

Simulation

Design of experiments

Mentoring capabilities

Documentation / communication

Education

Degree in electronics or related discipline

Tools

SPICE

MATLAB/Simulink

PCB CAD (Altium/OrCAD)

Job description

PLUS CATALYST LIMITED, a leading international electrification business, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join their R&D division based at South Tyneside. You will design, prototype, test, troubleshoot and repair power electronic systems and assemblies.

Reporting to the R&D Manager, you will follow the V-model, capture requirements, document procedures and perform analyses, simulations and design verifications to support both new product development and sustaining projects.