Senior Systems Engineer, Power Electronics

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd seeks a power electronics engineer to design and deliver components across vehicle programmes, including DC/DC converters and on-board chargers, ensuring cost, timing, quality and performance targets are met.

You will own the technical content, supervise design and integration, lead supplier activities, manage releases and validation plans, and ensure vehicle attributes such as NVH and thermal performance are achieved.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Automotive Engineering or related field.
• Strong background in electric drive tech and power electronics with production delivery experience.
• Experience with DC/DC converters, on-board chargers and high-voltage systems.
• Knowledge of CAN/LIN, diagnostics, and functional safety considerations.

Responsibilities

• Define component, system and functional requirements aligned with vehicle programmes.
• Own technical content of components and supervise design, development and integration.
• Lead supplier activities to meet timing, quality and cost targets.
• Manage engineering releases, ECR/ECN and change-control activities.
• Plan and deliver system and component validation and required testing.
• Support production readiness and delivery across projects.

Skills

Power electronics

DC/DC converters

On-board chargers

Vehicle integration

System requirements

CAN/LIN/diagnostics

EMC knowledge

Mechanical packaging

MS Office

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Automotive Engineering or related

Job description

What to Expect

Design, engineer and deliver power electronics components from concept through series production, ensuring all programme requirements are met for cost, timing, quality, performance, functionality and vehicle attributes. The scope includes DC/DC converters, on-board chargers and associated integrated high-voltage systems within Electric Drive Technology (EDT).

What You’ll Do

• Define component, system and functional requirements in alignment with vehicle programme objectives.
• Own the technical content of the component and supervise its design, development and integration.
• Lead supplier activities to achieve delivery to the required timing, quality and cost targets.
• Manage engineering releases and associated change-control activities.
• Manage quality and development deviations, including QCRs, and drive robust resolution of concerns.
• Plan and deliver system and component validation, including simulation where required.
• Support assembly planning, build allocation and production readiness.
• Own the integration and delivery of power electronics systems across vehicle projects to specification, on time and within budget.
• Work with suppliers, Concept Engineering and Digital Mock-Up (DMU) teams to ensure components meet package, technical, quality, cost, weight and DFM targets.
• Ensure design solutions meet relevant vehicle attribute targets, including NVH, thermal performance, durability and overall system performance.
• Work with Supply Chain Management to ensure component availability for prototype, pilot, pre-production and production builds.
• Prepare and present clear technical and programme status updates for internal and external reviews.
• Own technical risk management for power electronics and support delivery of vehicle and hybrid-system attributes.
• Develop and maintain component specifications, integration requirements and technical documentation.
• Support system FMEA, system DVP and vehicle or hybrid-system-level test specifications.
• Manage design, release, ECR/ECN, development and validation plans in line with ETRS requirements.
• Manage and track the power electronics bill of materials (BOM).
• Deliver power electronics systems in accordance with the McLaren Development Process (MDP), ensuring relevant project management KPIs remain on track.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong technical grounding in electric drive technology and power electronics, covering design, development, validation and production delivery.
• Detailed understanding of DC/DC converters, on-board chargers, charging standards and high-voltage connection topologies, including applicable safety requirements.
• Proven automotive component delivery experience within an OEM or Tier 1 product development lifecycle.
• Competence in component specifications, DVPs, DFMEAs, engineering quality methods, design release and vehicle attribute delivery.
• Working knowledge of embedded-controller integration, including CAN, LIN, diagnostics, software, control architectures and functional safety; practical experience is desirable.
• Understanding of electromagnetic compatibility and emissions requirements, ideally gained in an automotive environment.
• Power electronics mechanical design, packaging and release capability, together with electrical or electronic hardware integration experience, including circuit layouts and schematics, is desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications and Training

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Automotive Engineering or a related discipline.

What We’ll Do for You

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.