Ricardo · 21 hours ago
Senior / Principal Electronics Engineer
Van Buren Township, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expRicardo is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. They are looking to recruit a Senior Electronics Engineer to join their Electronics team, focusing on the design, development, and testing of power electronics products for electrified systems.
AutomotiveConsultingEnvironmental ConsultingQuality AssuranceSustainability
Responsibilities
Utilizing state of the art tools, design, develop, and test power electronics products for future electrified systems, including: AC/DC, DC/DC converters, Chargers, DC/AC, inverters, EMI filters, bus bar specifications and all related internal components
PCBA Circuit Simulation, Schematics, Layout, and Design Review experience
Work collaboratively with the Systems, Software/Controls, and Mechanical teams to ensure successful product development
Decompose system level requirements to drive component level design requirements
Work on a modular and scalable architecture that can be applied across a range of low-voltage and high-voltage electrified systems
Responsible for the specification, design, development, testing & validation of power electronics for global electrified applications. This role can include bespoke designs, upgrade of existing designs, and applications engineering
Utilize individual and group design, drawing, specification and code reviews to demonstrate and drive the application of robust technical fundamentals to optimize system performance, quality, DFM/DFA and cost
Conduct root cause analysis and support troubleshooting in multiple formats (8D, etc)
Ability to review existing component and system designs to determine if they are adequate for use in multiple applications or if there is opportunity to improve on the existing design for upgraded performance
Creativity and innovative ideas for complex system and component challenges
Understanding of global industry standards and trends to provide the latest technology solutions
Leverage extensive product development assets including team members, test labs, and expert product development capabilities to deliver best-in-class performance, usability and quality
Work collaboratively across the North American and Global Ricardo group as well customers locally and internationally
Recognized expertise, lead contributor
Provides guidance and support to others
Other duties as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering
5-10 years' experience in high-voltage power electronics design, development and testing – DC/AC Inverters, DCDC Converters, On-Board Chargers, Power Distribution in Automotive, On/Off-Highway, Motorsports, Stationary etc
Strong communication, client awareness, and problem-solving skills
Ability to create a project plan that establishes resources (human, capitol, and outsource), effort, duration costs
Experienced in developing and maintaining supplier relationships
Highly motivated to succeed, a self-starter who is driven and able to work with others effectively to 'get things done'
Extremely high attention to detail in all aspects of task execution
Experience working with 48V, 400V, and >800V voltage levels and component selections
Hands on experience in power electronics hardware development including design, debugging and validation of:
Semiconductor switching waveforms, loss modeling and thermal management
Magnetic components
Protection devices and safety issues
Printed circuit board layout, interconnection, packaging, EMC and EMI
Circuit simulation and computer-aided design tools (CAD)
PCB bring-up, bench-test & troubleshooting knowledge
Preferred
Masters or PhD in relevant field
Fundamental understanding of switched-mode power conversion as applied to DC and AC circuits and systems
Knowledgeable in IGBT, Si/SiC, and GaN MOSFET technology and selection
Working knowledge of IGBT/MOSFET gate drive circuits
Experience in analog, digital and mix signal hardware design
Knowledge of feedback control and stability
Control expertise and digital implementation for power converters controls
Experience with schematic capture (Altium preferred) and simulation tools (PLECS) for power electronics
Experience in PCB layout for power electronics (Altium preferred): minimal stray inductance, EMC/EMI optimization
Design for Manufacturing, Design for reliability, DFMEA and fault trees
Background designing for UL and CE safety requirements and EMC
Benefits
Support for your physical and mental health
Company
Ricardo
Ricardo is a advisory firm that offers engineering consulting services and solutions to build on sustainable technological innovation.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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Leadership Team
Graham Ritchie
Chief Executive Officer
Judith Cottrell
Group Chief Financial Officer
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