Senior Power Electronics Engineer
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Specific Duties
- Lead power electronics projects from concept and architecture through design, validation, certification, manufacturing ramp-up, and production.
- Define requirements and technical solutions with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Own power converter architecture, topology selection, modeling, simulation, design reviews, prototype bring-up, and validation.
- Design AC-DC PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, auxiliary, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter systems.
- Develop and optimize digital control algorithms; perform control loop analysis, compensation design, and stability verification.
- Design and validate magnetics, current sensing, gate drives, protection circuits, and power semiconductor solutions including Silicon, SiC, and GaN.
- Debug and characterize systems at component, board, and product levels in lab, manufacturing, and customer environments.
- Lead root-cause analysis and resolve technical issues during development, production, and field operation.
- Support safety, regulatory, environmental, and EMI/EMC compliance.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and mentor engineers through reviews, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
- Other duties as required.
- Education in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of hands-on industry experience in power electronics design and development, including technical leadership and ownership of one or more commercially released products delivered through the complete product lifecycle
- Strong experience with PFC, LLC, PSFB, flyback, and isolated/non-isolated DC-DC converter design.
- Experience with digital and analog control systems, embedded control, compensation techniques, and loop stability analysis.
- Knowledge of power semiconductors, gate drives, magnetics, current sensing, protection circuits, thermal design, PCB layout, and electro-mechanical integration.
- Proficiency with simulation tools such as LTspice, PLECS, PSIM, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent.
- Experience with safety, EMI/EMC, and regulatory requirements for power electronic products.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, communication, organization, and time-management skills.
- Comfortable working with evolving requirements and balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, schedule, and business needs.
- Consistently exhibit and model clients values (Collaboration, Perseverance, Innovation, Driving Results).
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Responsibilities
Lead power electronics products through architecture, design, validation, certification, manufacturing ramp-up, and production. Develop converter systems and control solutions, troubleshoot technical issues, support compliance, evaluate emerging technologies, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
Requires an Electrical Engineering education or a related discipline and at least 10 years of hands-on power electronics design and development experience, including technical leadership and product lifecycle ownership. Candidates should have strong converter and control-system expertise, knowledge of power components and compliance, proficiency with simulation tools, and strong debugging and communication skills.
Skills
- Power Electronics Design
- Power Converter Architecture
- AC-DC PFC
- LLC Converters
- PSFB Converters
- Flyback Converters
- DC-DC Converters
- Digital Control Algorithms
- Control Loop Analysis
- Magnetics Design
- Power Semiconductors
- EMI/EMC Compliance
- Simulation
- Debugging and Troubleshooting
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Technical Leadership
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Power Electronics
- AC-DC PFC
- LLC
- PSFB
- Flyback
- DC-DC Converters
- Digital Control
- Analog Control
- Embedded Control
- Control Loop Analysis
- Compensation Design
- Loop Stability
- Silicon
- SiC
- GaN
- Gate Drives
- Magnetics
- Current Sensing
- Protection Circuits
- Thermal Design
- PCB Layout
- Electro-Mechanical Integration
- LTspice
- PLECS
- PSIM
- MATLAB/Simulink
- Safety Compliance
- EMI/EMC
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Product Lifecycle