Senior Power Electronics Engineer, IONATE

• Degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering or equivalent
• Extensive experience in power electronics design, ideally in high power applications
• Good understanding of electronic and electrical components and their principles, integrated circuits, signal processing and passive/active filter designs
• An understanding of best practices related to thermomechanical designs
• Experience in electronics circuit modelling and simulation
• Experience using tools such as SPICE, Altium, MATLAB, Confluence, JIRA
• Ability to design, create and test PCBs
• Experience conducting laboratory and site-based testing using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power analysers, grid emulators etc
• Experience designing systems fit for large scale manufacturing and production
• Communication skills enabling you to work with various teams across the globe
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally when required for testing/ commissioning
• A drive to learn new things!

Desirable

• IONATE is a deep technology scale-up building the technology backbone for smart electricity grids. Our team is looking for a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to support our work on game-changing green technology and grow within our world-class team
• This role will suit someone who thrives in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment, where no two days are the same
• Reporting to the Power Electronics Team Lead and requiring extensive knowledge and experience in electronics development and design, you will play a key role in developing, designing, implementing and testing electronics circuits and systems, taking concepts and prototypes through to commercial products
• With a focus on grid-connected inverter design, you will be actively contributing to design & analyses, simulations, technical discussions, verification and validation processes
• You will need an innovative approach to engineering with well-grounded reasoning and experience
• Importantly you will contribute to live ongoing projects and test activities and work with the team to continue developing our HIT technology
• Develop power electronics hardware and circuitry for power converters and controllers in grid connected applications
• Design, prototype, and validate power conversion systems (DC-DC/AC-DC) and mixed-signal circuits including ADCs and PWM controllers
• Be involved hands-on with hardware design and validation respecting safety, quality, and international standards
• Develop PCB layouts with signal integrity focus and interfaced power stages with transformers, digital controllers, passive filters, and electromechanical systems
• Optimise thermal management solutions for high-power applications and implement EMI/EMC compliance strategies
• Conduct root-cause analysis for system-level debugging across prototype and production phases
• Actively participate in technical development and testing across a multi-disciplinary team including power electronics designers, mechanical engineers, control & software engineers
• Work to clear timelines and collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver projects on time, with ambitious product targets
• Create and maintain documentation such as requirements and specification documents, testing reports and product manuals