Power Electronics Engineer

Job Description

Sr. Power Electronics Engineer

Contract 6-12 plus months

40 hours weekly, US Citizenship, NO Dual..

Additional Job Requirements:

·Must be local to the office and able to support flexible in-office work. Full-time remote employees will not be considered for this role.

· Active clearance preferred. Strong candidates will be considered without an active clearance but must be able to obtain a secret clearance upon starting this role.

A Senior Power Electronics Engineer designs, specifies, develops, and tests power system architectures and requirements for a wide array of applications, including miniature power conversion and management circuitry, distributed power architectures, radiation hardened designs, novel battery management circuitry, small motor controllers, switched-mode power conversion and precision feedback systems. They also perform a variety of engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of specifications and requirements of the systems.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and build power system architectures.

• Conduct research, design, development, and testing of hardware such as miniature power conversion and management circuitry, distributed power architectures, radiation hardened designs.

• Optimize system designs for reduced size, weight, and power.

• Design new products and develop technical specifications for their production.

• Analyze hardware configuration and processing solutions and test hardware conformance to specifications.

• Develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships.

• Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to perform advanced architectures and designs for complex power electronics.

• Involved in business development and proposal activities.

• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.

• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary tasks with multiple engineers and effectively communicate status to project leadership and customers.

• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers; Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Isolated and non-Isolated dc/dc power conversion; rectification; inversion; battery management systems; motor controller design; system-level power distribution design; system/board level grounding/shielding and EMC design techniques.

• Designing and troubleshooting power electronics.

• Proficient with schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.

• Ability to perform circuit simulation using Spice or other simulation tools.

• System modeling and analysis experience using MATLAB, Simulink, or other comparable tools.

• Understanding of applied math and physics.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to write detailed documentation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field required,

Master’s Degree preferred. Experience 5-7 years of experience in Power Systems Engineering or related.Company Description

GCR is a national technical recruiting firm. We specialize in contract, contract to hire, and permanent staffing solutions across a variety of industries including, Information Technology, Commercial, Automotive, Semiconductor, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, and Defense.

Hybrid remote