Hardware Development Engineer - Power

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We truly believe we are doing things never before possible. And we need the brightest minds to help make that happen – the makers, the forward thinkers, the problem solvers. That’s where you come in.

The HW Development Engineer – Power Is responsible for the analysis, design, development and testing of power conversion hardware for industrial motor drives. Responsibilities include generating design specifications based on product requirements; Developing proof-of-concept hardware; Performing laboratory tests to support qualification/certification testing of the product; Participating in project planning activity and assume responsibility for timely completion of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Must follow and ensure safe work practices when working with high voltage power hardware.
• Demonstrate excellent technical, oral and written communication skills, and work effectively in a team environment.
• Apply simulation tools for modeling, design and troubleshooting of complex power electronics circuits, systems and applications. Develop simulation models to support field engineers and customer applications.
• Apply the electrical circuit and electro-mechanical systems design principles to lead the development of power HW for AC/DC motor drives - rectifiers/inverters, switchmode power supplies, magnetics and filter design.
• Apply DFSS principles for concept selection and robust design.
• Understand and apply regulatory and certification standards that govern product design. Participate in regulatory standards committees and stay up-to-date on trends that impact product design and qualification.
• Stay up-to-date with technology advancements in power electronics, components, and design and simulation tools. Participate in technology investigation projects to make enhancements to future product design.
• Work in an agile/scrum environment.

Skills

• Knowledge of electrical system design principles adhering to IEC/UL standards for industrial control panels.
• Experience with the use and application of circuit simulation tools such as Matlab/Simulink, PSpice, Ansys EM Suite for analysis, design and troubleshooting circuits and systems.
• Experience with power converter topologies for DC and AC motor drives – non-regenerative and regenerative rectifiers, inverters, switch-mode power supplies.
• Proficiency with the use of instrumentation for power electronics converter measurements and troubleshooting.
• Experience with selection and application of power semiconductor devices, subsystems and circuit components - IGBTs, SCRs, MOSFETs, gate drivers, voltage and current sensing, switch-mode power supplies, bus structures, capacitors and AC/DC inductors, transient protection, EMC compliance.
• Working knowledge of electrical power systems, grounding, power system protection, power system transients, and power quality.
• Application knowledge and system design experience of industrial motor/drive systems.
• Experience with low and medium voltage printed circuit board design and manufacturing.

Basic Qualifications

• This role is required to travel nationally/internationally up to 10%.
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Legal authorization to work in Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with UL, CSA and CE standards and application to AC drives design (electrical safety, functional safety, EMC, energy efficiency) for design and qualification testing (e.g. UL/IEC 61800-5-1, IEC 61800-3).
• M.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Working knowledge of failure modes and experience with troubleshooting subsystems and components of AC drives.
• Working knowledge of PLC control systems and user interfaces.
• Proficient with simulation of power converter and motor drive systems.
• Demonstrated application of Design for Six Sigma principles.
• Working knowledge of analog and digital circuit design for AC motor drives – protection circuits, gate drivers, feedback circuits, signal conditioning, switch-mode power supplies
• Working knowledge of application issues with AC drives including mitigation methods – harmonics and power quality, motor insulation, common-mode currents, harmonic filters, dv/dt and sine-wave filters.
• Experience with PWM techniques and knowledge of motor control algorithms.
• Experience designing and creating AutoCAD electric drawings for industrial motor control systems.
• Experience with magnetics design and specification.
• Knowledge of product design using the Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe)

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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