Power electronics design engineer (# 7998)

Electrical Engineer 4 / Power electroincs - (92444-1)  
Chillicothe, IL 
12 months 

Job Description:   .

Position’s Contributions to Work Group: 
- This position will be part of the Product Health team for Client's e-drivetrain power inverters, within Client's Electrification + Energy Solutions Division
- The Product Health team is responsible for all maintenance and production improvement aspects of in-production inverters.
- Responsibilities include power inverter field issue and CPI issue resolutions, cost-reduction project execution, component obsolescence management, and new source introduction execution.

Reason/motivation for request:
- Backfill

Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”

Why this Role?
- Work with a highly skilled and collaborative team to develop critical electrification components
- Develop deep and hands-on technical skills in power electronics component development including testing, validation, analysis, design, and issue resolution
- Gain high voltage and high power experience in off-highway electric drivetrain 

Typical task breakdown:
- Perform lab tests and root-cause analysis for field failures and develop solutions.
- Test planning, documentation, fixture setup, test execution, data processing and analysis, summarizing and reporting of test results, failure analysis.
- Review engineering drawings, technical requirements, and specifications, work with process partners for print updates.
- Execute cost-reduction projects by performing sample validation, technical evaluation of new suppliers, collaborate with SDEs and purchasing team to initialize production, etc.
- Utilize quality tools and processes including CPI, FMEA, APQP & PPAP.

Interaction with team: 
- Collaboration with Client's SME, NPI/NTI leads, test engineers, and purchasing team.
- Collaboration with the Client India team (electrical design, release of component prints, 3D models).
- Collaboration with Client manufacturing and component suppliers.

Team Structure
- Team of 8 engineers. Will work closely under electrical team lead

Work environment: 
- Office and lab environment.
- PPE gear – steel toe shoes, eyewear with side shields
- 50/50 depending on what they’re working on 

Education & Experience Required: 
- Years of experience: 8
- Degree requirement: BS in Electrical Engineering required. 
- 6 years for a M.S. Power Electronics focus preferred.
- Not open to 2 year degrees
- Do you accept internships as job experience: No
- Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: Power Electronics Component Design Engineer, Power converter product maintenance engineer

Top 3 Skills
- Deep understanding of electric drivetrain inverters: topology, control, design, and manufacturing
- Proven hands-on testing and trouble-shooting skills in traction inverter testing and validation, especially for high-voltage, high-power applications.
- Strong collaboration skills to coordinate and execute testing activities with validation teams: test fixtures, instrumentation, resources, tools, schedule, processes, measurement equipment, analysis of test results, preparation of technical reports, design reviews, failure analysis.

Additional Technical Skills 
(Required)
- Familiar with IPC 600/650 and IEC 60204/60664/61557 standards. 
- Experience in reviewing engineering drawings, technical requirements, and specifications, work with process partners for print updates.
- Experience with CPI processes, root-cause analysis, and deep hands-on troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with lab instruments such as oscilloscopes, experience with test data analysis tools such as Pythons, MATLAB, Excel, and JBER.
- Experience with using dataloggers, oscilloscopes, HV differential probe, current transducer, thermal chambers, high voltage power supplies, high current power supplies.
- Experience with Pythons, MATLAB, Excel, and JBER for test data analysis.

(Desired) 
- Experience with power inverter production and maintenance tasks, obsolescence management experience, and life cycle management.
- Clear communicator and the ability to work efficiently across multiple process partner teams: electrical and mechanical engineers, thermal simulation, quality, manufacturing, purchasing.

Soft Skills
(Required)
- Experience in Microsoft tools (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.)
- Quick learner to understand existing in-production inverters designs
- Self-starter who can understand a task or program’s status, generate action items, identify problems, and initiate actions

(Desired) 
- Experience working with customers and suppliers and a global team (India, China, Europe)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to lead/facilitate discussions and generate conclusions, able to navigate a matrix organization

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:
- Frequent job moves
- No hands-on, in the lab testing experience 

Travel Requirement: 0-25%
Export Control Requirements: YES