Principle Engineer - Applications & Power
Technology
Job Description
Principal Engineer – Applications & Power Electronics
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We're working with an innovative semiconductor company developing power semiconductor solutions and are looking for a Principal Applications Engineer to join their team.
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You will be working within a role focused on high-performance power conversion applications, liaising with customers and internal engineering teams. The successful candidate will contribute to design development, product evaluation, technical support, and product definition across a range of power electronics applications.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Act as a technical expert supporting customers designing with advanced power semiconductor devices
- Develop and support high-efficiency power conversion reference designs across applications such as: industrial motor drives and servo drives, power conversion systems, DC-DC power converters, and high-frequency AC-DC power conversion systems
- Work extensively with a range of converter topologies
- Perform power loss modelling, efficiency optimisation, thermal analysis, and system-level performance evaluation
- Design and validate gate drive solutions for high-speed switching power devices
- Support customer design reviews, troubleshooting activities, and application-level debugging
- Create technical documentation
- Provide technical support to internal applications and field engineering teams
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Required Experience
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- Several years of experience designing SMPS, inverters, converters, or motor drive systems
- Demonstrable experience with a range of power converter/inverter topologies
- Expert understanding of power semiconductor devices, including silicon and/or wide-bandgap technologies such as SiC and GaN
- Proficiency with power electronics simulation and modelling tools such as PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, SIMPLIS, or similar
- Laboratory validation experience using oscilloscopes, power analysers, and switching characterisation equipment
- Ability to work directly with customers and provide technical support
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