Sr. Power Electronic Engineer

Virbhu India Pvt Ltd – Vadodara (Gujarat), a wholly owned subsidiary of AK-LLC (USA), operating in the field of power electronics

The position is responsible for recruiting and building high-performance Power Electronics conversion vendors and professionals. The position will be a manager responsible for the design and development of next generation power conversion technology for Electrical Vehicle (EV) Charging and Renewable (Solar and Battery Electric Storage) Markets.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for power converter hardware design, topology trade-off studies, and prototyping.
• Conduct modelling and simulation of power converters to speed up design cycles.
• Know power electronics technology including identification and adoption of latest power semiconductor and control trends.
• Support faster turn-around from concept through prototyping and develop a plan to support milestones and requirements for the growth initiatives.
• Understand testing infrastructure required to support solid state electronics power conversion devices.
• Perform Design and testing of AC-DC, DC-DC and DC-AC Power converters.
• Coordinate with PCB design engineer and guide for PCB layout
• Simulation of Power Electronics topologies using MATLAB, PLECS, PSIM, LTSpice.
• Design Calculations & Product design documentation.
• Preparation of Test plan for Power Converters.
• Design for EMI EMC

Qualifications

• BE Electronics or closely related field. MS or PhD would be a plus.
• Must have 8-10 years of experience with inverter or power electronics design.
• Strong background in power electronics and control
• Demonstrated experience in hardware development of solar/storage power converters.
• Versatility with various modelling and simulation tools – MATLAB, Python, PLECS, etc
• Deep knowledge on various modulation control schemes for single phase and three phase power converter topologies including multilevel inverters and LLC resonant converters.
• Experienced in testing to debug system problems.
• Experienced with phase gate and agile design processes.
• Excellent knowledge in magnetics design and powertrain design for inverters and DC-DC converters will be added advantage.
• Well versed in EMI/EMC mitigation and test strategies
• Basic knowledge of solar/storage codes and standards (UL1741SA, CA Rule 21, NEM 2.0, IEEE 1547-2018)
• Excellent documentation skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated collaborative teamwork capabilities.