Power Electronics Engineer - Inverter & Hardware Design

GP Tech Group; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Power Technologies Group is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer to design, evaluate, verify, validate and test power electronics products. You will work on hardware development, testing and troubleshooting, collaborating with the Technical Manager to resolve design issues.

Responsibilities include selecting power converter/topology, calculating losses, designing analog/digital schematics and PCB layouts, and performing hardware tests.

Qualifications

• Ph.D in Power Electronics preferred or MS in Electronics.
• 2 years’ experience for MS EE with power electronics, analog circuits, and/or magnetic components.
• Must be good at mathematical skills and logical reasoning.
• Must be familiar with computer programming languages, C/C++ preferred.
• Must be able to work as a key member of the design team.
• Circuit analysis experience, PSPICE or MATLAB preferred.
• Experience with the electromagnetic field analysis tool, a plus.
• Knowledge in Digital, and Microcomputer circuits, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Power converter/inverter circuit topology selection and control software design
• Power loss calculation of major components
• Analog/Digital circuit schematic and PCB design
• Hardware test and trouble shooting

Skills

Mathematical skills

Logical reasoning

C/C++ programming

Education

Ph.D in Power Electronics

MS in Electronics

Tools

PSPICE

MATLAB

Electromagnetic field analysis tool

Job description

Global Power Technologies Group is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer to design, evaluate, verify, validate and test power electronics products. You will work on hardware development, testing and troubleshooting, collaborating with the Technical Manager to resolve design issues.

Responsibilities include selecting power converter/topology, calculating losses, designing analog/digital schematics and PCB layouts, and performing hardware tests.