Senior Power Electronics Development & Compliance Engineer
Network Finance
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Job summary
Network Finance is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Development & Compliance Engineer to lead end-to-end hardware design, validation and certification of high-power electronic products for automotive and industrial use.
The role requires practical engineering across requirements, verification, testing and homologation, with strong EMI/EMC and regulatory expertise. Collaboration with hardware, firmware, mechanical and systems teams is essential.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 8+ years' experience developing high-power power electronic products.
- Proven experience designing, validating and commercialising: switch-mode power supplies, DC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters, high-power motor drives.
- Experience with power electronic products rated at 10 kW or above.
- Proven experience taking products from concept through design, compliance testing, certification and production.
- Strong understanding of power electronics, control systems, thermal design, magnetics and high-power PCB layout.
- Strong simulation capability using SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent.
- Extensive practical laboratory experience with oscilloscopes, high-voltage differential probes, current probes, spectrum analysers and power analysers.
- Proven experience debugging power electronic systems, including EMI/EMC issues.
- Demonstrated experience working safely with high-energy systems exceeding 500 VDC.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-power power electronic products, including DC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters, battery chargers, motor drives and related control systems.
- Capture customer, system and regulatory requirements and translate them into engineering specifications.
- Develop verification and validation plans based on system and product requirements.
- Participate in hardware design, simulations, design reviews, testing and debugging.
- Support the complete product development lifecycle from concept through production.
- Ensure compliance with automotive and industrial standards throughout product development.
- Plan and execute electrical, EMC/EMI, environmental, thermal, reliability and functional testing.
- Prepare validation documentation, requirements traceability and certification packages.
- Support product homologation and compliance activities.
- Work closely with hardware, firmware, mechanical and systems engineering teams.
- Investigate complex issues and implement robust engineering solutions.
- Laboratory testing and detailed analysis of high-power electronic systems.
- Support product certification, production release and continuous improvement activities.
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Job description
A leading technology and engineering organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Power Electronics Development & Compliance Engineer to join its engineering team developing high-power electronic products for automotive and industrial applications. The successful candidate will contribute across the complete product lifecycle, from requirements definition and hardware design through validation, compliance testing, certification, homologation and production. This role requires a highly practical engineer with strong experience in high-power power electronics, hardware development, control systems, EMC/EMI, validation and regulatory compliance.
- Develop high-power power electronic products, including:
- DC/DC converters
- DC/AC inverters
- Battery chargers
- Motor drives
- Related power electronic control systems
- Capture customer, system and regulatory requirements and translate them into clear engineering specifications.
- Develop verification and validation plans based on system and product requirements.
- Participate in hardware design, simulations, design reviews, testing and debugging.
- Support the complete product development lifecycle from concept through production.
- Ensure compliance with applicable automotive and industrial standards throughout product development.
- Plan and execute electrical, EMC/EMI, environmental, thermal, reliability and functional testing.
- Prepare validation documentation, requirements traceability and certification packages.
- Support product homologation and compliance activities.
- Work closely with hardware, firmware, mechanical and systems engineering teams.
- Investigate complex technical issues and implement robust engineering solutions.
- Perform laboratory testing and detailed analysis of high-power electronic systems.
- Support product certification, production release and continuous improvement activities.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years' experience developing high-power power electronic products.
- Proven experience designing, validating and commercialising:
- Switch-mode power supplies
- DC/DC converters
- DC/AC inverters
- High-power motor drives
- Experience with power electronic products rated at 10 kW or above.
- Proven experience taking products from concept through design, compliance testing, certification and production.
- Strong understanding of:
- Power electronics
- Control systems
- Thermal design
- Magnetics
- High-power PCB layout
- Strong simulation capability using SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent.
- Extensive practical laboratory experience with:
- Oscilloscopes
- High-voltage differential probes
- Current probes
- Spectrum analysers
- Power analysers
- Proven experience debugging power electronic systems, including EMI/EMC issues.
- Demonstrated experience working safely with high-energy systems exceeding 500 VDC.
Strong knowledge of relevant automotive and industrial standards is required, including exposure to:
- ISO/SAE 21434
- ISO 26262
- UNECE R155 / R156
- CISPR 25
- ISO 7637
- ISO 16750
- Relevant IEC standards
Experience preparing products for certification, homologation and regulatory compliance will be highly advantageous.
- High-power power electronics
- DC/DC converter design
- DC/AC inverter design
- Battery charging systems
- Motor drives
- Switch-mode power supplies
- Power semiconductor technologies
- Control loop design
- Magnetics
- Thermal management
- High-voltage systems
- High-power PCB design
- EMC/EMI testing
- Hardware debugging
- Product validation
- Reliability testing
- Requirements engineering
- Compliance and certification
- MATLAB/Simulink
- SPICE simulation
The successful candidate should be comfortable contributing throughout the complete lifecycle:
Requirements - System Specification - Architecture - Hardware Design - Simulation - Prototype - Testing - EMC/Environmental Validation - Certification - Homologation - Production
The ideal candidate will be:
- A highly practical and hands-on engineer.
- Strong in analytical and structured problem-solving.
- Comfortable working with high-voltage, high-energy systems.
- Able to translate complex requirements into practical engineering solutions.
- Strong in technical communication and documentation.
- Comfortable working independently and within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Quality and safety focused.
- Commercially aware and delivery focused.
- Passionate about advanced power electronics and product development.
- Committed to continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
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