High Voltage Power Electronics EMC Technical Specialist

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced EMC engineering leader to drive electromagnetic compatibility for Power Electronics and Traction Inverter hardware from concept through production.

You will define designs, perform risk assessments, and guide testing strategies, working across design, controls, software, and vehicle integration teams. The role requires deep EMC expertise and strong leadership in a fast-paced automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline required.
• 8+ years of hands-on hardware experience with high-voltage power electronics or similar systems.
• Strong expertise in EMC (emissions, immunity, grounding, shielding, and signal/power integrity).
• Experience designing/validating EMC for power electronics and traction inverters.
• Experience with EMC modeling, simulation, or analysis and correlation with measurements.

Responsibilities

• Lead EMC engineering for power electronics and traction inverter hardware from concept to production.
• Define EMC design strategies, requirements decomposition, risk assessments, and validation planning.
• Develop and apply electromagnetic models for coupling paths, resonances, and emissions.
• Lead EMC mitigation, testing, and root-cause investigations using measurements and simulations.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure automotive EMC compliance.

Skills

EMC Modeling

EMC Design Strategies

High-Voltage Power Electronics

EMC Testing & Validation

Root-Cause Analysis

Cross-Functional Leadership

Power Integrity Analysis

Signal Integrity Analysis

Common-Mode Noise Suppression

Differential-Mode Noise Suppression

3D Electromagnetic Simulation Tools

EMC Test Plans

Modeling Practices

High-Voltage Safety Standards

Functional Safety Interfaces

Design-for-EMC Methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related

Tools

3D Electromagnetic Simulation Tools

EMC Test Plans

Modeling Practices

High-Voltage Safety Standards

Job description

• Lead electromagnetic compatibility engineering for Power Electronics & Traction Inverter hardware from concept through production


• Define EMC design strategies, requirements decomposition, risk assessments, design development, peer reviews, and validation planning


• Define design best practices for system-level interactions between component EMC performance and vehicle-level EMC requirements


• Develop and apply electromagnetic models and analysis methods for coupling paths, resonances, common-mode and differential-mode behavior, shielding, grounding, and emissions


• Guide hardware design decisions involving power modules, busbars, laminated interconnects, gate drives, PCBs, enclosures, filters, shielding, grounding, cables, and connectors


• Lead EMC mitigation activities while balancing electrical, thermal, packaging, manufacturing, reliability, cost, and timing considerations


• Develop EMC load boxes and EMC test plans per GMW3097


• Schedule, execute, and document traction-inverter EMC testing


• Lead PRTS closure and root-cause investigations for EMI and susceptibility issues using measurements, simulation, design-of-experiments, and engineering judgment


• Establish countermeasures and confirm effectiveness through testing and model-to-bench, dynamometer, and vehicle correlation


• Maintain an EMC operating-mode tracker covering charging, driving, V2L/V2G, AC/DC charging, inverter operation, and simultaneous APM/OBCM operation


• Support EMC debugging for combined operation and resolve vehicle-to-vehicle EMC variation


• Partner with design release engineering, controls and software, electrical architecture, vehicle integration, validation, reliability, manufacturing, purchasing, and supplier engineering teams


• Provide technical direction to suppliers and evaluate supplier EMC capability, analyses, test plans, design evidence, and corrective actions


• Review and approve EMC requirements, specifications, test plans, load boxes, drawings, reports, procedures, and design changes


• Create reusable EMC guidelines, checklists, modeling practices, and lessons learned


• Own EMC non-compliance related to OBCM components and AC charging systems; lead OBCM troubleshooting and scheduling with the vehicle EMC team


• Communicate technical risks, decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to engineering and program leadership


• Mentor engineers and raise organizational capability in power-electronics EMC design and troubleshooting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or a related discipline


• 8+ years of relevant hands‑on hardware experience with high‑voltage power electronics, AC/DC and DC/DC converters, inverters, or electric‑drive systems


• Strong expertise in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), including high‑voltage AC conducted emissions, radiated emission compliance, electromagnetic immunity/susceptibility, common‑mode and differential‑mode noise suppression, grounding, shielding, filtering, impedance, and signal/power integrity analysis


• Significant experience designing, analyzing, or validating EMC performance for power electronics, electric drives, traction inverters, converters, or similar high‑power systems


• Demonstrated expertise in electromagnetic interference and susceptibility mechanisms


• Experience with EMC modeling, simulation, or analytical methods and correlating predictions with laboratory and vehicle‑level measurements


• Strong understanding of high‑voltage power‑electronics hardware, including switching devices, power modules, gate drives, bus structures, printed circuit boards, and traction‑inverter packaging


• Experience planning, executing, or interpreting EMC testing and resolving failures through data‑driven root‑cause analysis


• Ability to lead cross‑functional technical decisions and influence internal teams and suppliers without direct authority


• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills


• Willingness to travel periodically to supplier, test, and vehicle‑development locations


• Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future, including H‑1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J‑1, or other immigration support


• Preferred: Master’s degree or advanced technical training


• Preferred: 10+ years of relevant hands‑on hardware experience


• Preferred: automotive EMC requirements and vehicle‑level electric‑drive integration experience


• Preferred: 3D electromagnetic simulation, circuit/system‑level modeling, or specialized EMC analysis tools


• Preferred: silicon carbide or other high‑speed switching technologies


• Preferred: high‑voltage safety, functional safety interfaces, electrical transients, signal integrity, and power integrity


• Preferred: design‑for‑EMC methods for high‑volume manufacturing and supplier production processes


• Preferred: EMC issue resolution through design changes, calibration, software coordination, or vehicle integration changes


• Preferred: technical publications, patents, conference participation, or recognized EMC/power‑electronics contributions

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) engineering for Power Electronics and Traction Inverter hardware, with a strong focus on high‑voltage systems, EMC testing, and design best practices. Capable of leading cross‑functional teams and influencing technical decisions while ensuring compliance with automotive EMC requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)


• High-Voltage Power Electronics


• EMC Testing and Validation


• Root-Cause Analysis


• Cross-Functional Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• EMC Modeling


• EMC Design Strategies


• High-Voltage AC Conducted Emissions


• Radiated Emission Compliance


• Common-Mode Noise Suppression


• Differential-Mode Noise Suppression


• Signal Integrity Analysis


• Power Integrity Analysis


• EMI and Susceptibility Mechanisms


• Design-for-EMC Methods

Soft Skills

• Strong Written Communication


• Strong Verbal Communication


• Presentation Skills


• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• Power Electronics


• Traction Inverters


• Electric-Drive Systems


• Automotive EMC Requirements


• High-Power Systems

Tools & Technologies

• 3D Electromagnetic Simulation Tools


• EMC Test Plans


• Modeling Practices


• High-Voltage Safety Standards


• Functional Safety Interfaces