System Architect Power Conversion

Prodrive Technologies; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 vacation days

Flexible hours

Time-for-time compensation

Personal development plan

Career progression

Gym access

Free lunch & snacks on-site

Job summary

Prodrive Technologies in Eindhoven is seeking a System Architect for their Power Conversion team. You will define and own system architecture for high-end power electronic products, guiding design reviews and ensuring alignment across hardware, software and mechanical domains.

You will lead risk management, mitigate technical risks, and provide technical leadership to a multidisciplinary team, driving robust, scalable solutions that meet regulatory and performance needs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading system-level architecture for high-end power electronics.
• Ability to collaborate with electronics, software, and mechanical engineers.
• Familiar with EMC, Safety, and Cybersecurity standards.

Responsibilities

• Support sales by aligning requirements with the customer and developing robust architectures.
• Develop system architectures to meet product, regulatory, and performance needs.
• Explore IP landscape and create IDFs or patents.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment between system, hardware, software and engineering.
• Lead system-level risk management activities, including DFMEA development.
• Create and maintain the system-level BOM and manufacturing cost targets.
• Define and drive system qualification derived from requirements, via design and testing.
• Manage change control process with well-documented design updates.

Skills

Power electronics

Systems alignment

EMC standards

Cyber security

Analytical skills

Root cause analysis

Ownership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

About

If you’re passionate about shaping cutting‑edge solutions and acting as the strategic bridge between our customers and development teams—while helping define our technology roadmap—we invite you to join our Power Conversion Business Line.

About the role

Your strong technical foundation enables you to make sound system‑level decisions and effectively support engineering teams. You align, develop, and own the system architecture for our high‑end power electronic products, ensuring it forms a robust basis for detailed design and implementation. You lead design reviews, resolve cross‑functional technical challenges, and proactively anticipate and mitigate technical risks. In addition, you provide technical leadership to a multidisciplinary team and serve as a key decision maker across multiple technology domains.

Responsibilities

• Support the sales team and align the requirements with the customer
• Develop robust system architectures that meet all product, regulatory, and performance requirements
• Explore FTO, determine the IP landscape and create IDFs or patents
• Ensure cross‑functional alignment between system, hardware, software and engineering
• Lead system‑level risk management activities, including DFMEA development
• Create and maintain the system‑level BOM and associated manufacturing cost targets
• Define and drive the system qualification in derived from the requirements, both by design and testing
• Manage change control process, ensuring design updates are well‑documented and communicated

What We Offer

• Performance‑based salary growth that rewards your results
• 33 vacation days per year, including public holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Time‑for‑time compensation when working extra hours
• Strong focus on personal development, supported by a tailored growth and learning plan
• Extensive career opportunities, with progression across a wide range of functions and projects
• A young, entrepreneurial, and innovative company culture where initiative is encouraged
• Free access to the company gym
• Free lunch, dinner and healthy snacks available every day on‑site

What You Bring

• Deep understanding of high‑end Power electronic systems in the range from 1kW to 1MW
• Robust knowledge to lead alignment with electronics, software and mechanical experts
• Familiar with industry standards and certification in the field of EMC, Safety and Cyber security
• Strong analytical skills to investigate and solve design issues using simulation and qualification tools
• Critical for identifying root causes of performance, reliability, or EMI‑related issues
• Demonstrate ownership of the system design, take initiative to track progress, identify risks, and manage dependencies
• Work effectively within multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions

We create technologies that are essential links in the systems which form the basis for today's and tomorrow's world. Our ambition is contributing to meaningful innovation that tackles major challenges in society. We utilize the newest switching technologies to drive efficient, power‑dense power solutions helping our customers accelerate their electrification roadmaps. Achieving greater range, reduced system losses, smaller packaging, improved durability, and lower total cost of ownership.