Senior Power Electrical Engineer - sustaining

Search Staffing Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Staffing Pte Ltd is representing a client seeking a Senior Power Electrical Engineer (Sustaining) to own in-production engineering for SMPS products, driving reliability, quality, cost and manufacturability improvements. The role requires leading root cause analysis, lifecycle management, and cross-site production support across global manufacturing sites.

You will lead diverse electrical topics including product testing, failure analysis, and engineering improvements, while collaborating

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Approximately 8 years in electrical/electronic product development or sustaining engineering.
• Strong analogue, power and digital fundamentals.
• Ability to read schematics and interpret circuits and stresses.

Responsibilities

• Own in-production engineering for SMPS products to improve reliability, quality, cost and manufacturability.
• Lead root cause analysis and lifecycle management across global sites.
• Oversee product testing, failure analysis, design improvements, quality and reliability matters.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to sustain SWPS products throughout lifecycles.
• Perform debug and verification including EMI pre-scans and safety tests.
• Develop test plans and conduct hands-on tests on circuits and components.
• Drive value engineering and supplier qualification without performance loss.
• Collect data, generate test reports, and document results.
• Design test systems with software and hardware for test automation.
• Conduct FMEA to identify high-risk electrical designs and mitigate risks.
• Perform root cause analysis and derive countermeasures.

Skills

Power electronics

SMPS design

Root cause analysis

FMEA

DOE

Analog/digital fundamentals

High voltage testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Oscilloscopes

HV probes

Job description

We are representing our client, a supplier of critical power conversion technology on the following.

Senior Power Electrical Engineer (Sustaining)

Key Responsibilities

• Own in-production engineering for SMPS products, driving reliability, quality, cost, and manufacturability improvements.
• Lead root cause analysis, component lifecycle management, compliance upkeep, and production support across global manufacturing sites.
• Lead various electrical subjects - product testing, failure analysis, engineering improvements, quality and reliability matters.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to sustain SWPS products through their lifecycles.
• Perform debug and verification: efficiency, thermal, regulation, transient, protection features, conducted/radiated EMI pre-scans, safety tests.
• Develop test plan & procedures, conduct hand-on tests on SWPS products, circuits, and components.
• Drive value engineering and cost reductions, qualify alternate components and suppliers without performance regression.
• Collect test data, generate test reports, and maintain good documentation.
• Design test systems with software and hardware to achieve test automation.
• Conduct FMEA to identify critical and high-risk electrical design, perform evaluation test and risk mitigation.
• Conduct root cause analysis, identify failure mechanisms, derive countermeasures.

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or equivalent).
• Around 8 years in electrical/electronic product development or sustaining engineering.
• Strong analogue/power/digital fundamentals.
• Able to interpret schematics and circuits, understand component functions and analyze their electrical stresses.
• Experienced in qualifying electronic components and systems, understanding common processes and method sin electronics design and manufacturing.
• Hands-on skills in environmental testing, lab equipment and instruments.
• Conversant with ECAD (e.g., Altium, OrCAD) tools in schematics, PCB, Gerber.
• Proficiency in FMEA, 8D, DOE, and statistical analysis.
• Experience in HV measurement techniques, and lab equipment (HV probes, scopes, etc.).
• Familiar with SMPS topologies: flyback/forward, resonant/LLC, PFC front-ends, multipliers and HV bias supplies.
• High reliability Industry experience, i.e., medical, industrial, automotive, or aerospace.