Power Electronics Engineer

Who we are

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility.We power progress through ever-smarter solutions for virtually every kind of vehicle.With 16,000 employees in over 140 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives.We answer to the planet with a rigorous ESG focus advancing best-in-class sustainability practicesand advocating for them across our industry. We recover, recycle and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials. Clarios is a Brookfield portfolio company.

What you will do

The Power Electronics Design Engineer is a design and development role within the Advanced Battery Core Electronics Team that reports directly to the Global Electronics Engineering Manager. This important role provides technical solutions within in a team environment to design and develop power electronic circuits and components as part of the Battery Management System (BMS) that goes into Clarios new generation of lithium-ion batteries. The electronic BMS is critical to the performance and safety of the battery. As a member of this team, you will be exposed to the latest in BMS technology and contribute to developing best-in-class electronic battery controls.

As a Power Electronics Design Engineer you will leverage your Power Electronics knowledge and experience to create innovative and cost-effective solutions from prototype to production. You employ your knowledge to bring a design through the entire product development cycle from requirements definition to design and analysis to test and validation. You utilize your analytical and methodical problem-solving skills to address complex problems. You understand that collaboration and communication drives improvement, best practice, and helps to eliminate roadblocks. Your knowledge of design and analysis tools supports accuracy and efficiency in your daily work and enables you to strengthen the team by working with other engineers.

Responsibility Level

This position is responsible for the electronic design and development of Power Electronics and components within the battery management systems for low and high voltage battery systems. This position is responsible for design, development, testing, and verification activities for current and future electronic products to ensure all requirements and development processes are satisfied.

How you will do it:

• Perform power circuit and component design
• Develop new highly efficient architectures/technologies meeting requirements that will improve performance, safety, and reliability
• Create schematic and PCB design in Altium Designer
• Perform circuit analysis/simulation, including power analysis using industry accepted tools
• Component selection for MOSFETS, gate drivers, busbars, input filter, and power connections
• Perform input filter, power supply, solid state and electro-mechanical relay, and busbar design and analysis
• Design for thermal and EMC management to satisfy requirements compliance
• Prepare and review detailed documentation for product design such as: DFMEA, test plans, test procedures, and test reports
• Execute high current / power testing and characterization
• Develop and execute engineering verification and validation test plans and reports
• Identify root-cause of potential issues and make design recommendations to meet the highest level of reliability and performance
• Support other engineering functions for successful integration of Power Electronics into battery systems and manufacturing processes
• Hardware design process development for certification in automotive energy safety systems
• Develop and maintain prototype and testing lab equipment used in power / high current testing
• Work with multidisciplinary team of software, mechanical, system, test, safety, and production engineers to develop a successful product.
• Follow program timing and deliver results according to plan
• Ability to effectively work in a cross functional team environment

What we look for:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years of professional experience in circuit level Power Electronics design and development
• Proficient with Altium Designer and simulation tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Organized attention to detail, promoting a first-time right culture
• Humble and willing to accept feedback to learn and consistently improve upon self and product
• Able to respectfully collaborate with coworkers
• Experience in taking Power Electronics from concept to production
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated circuit topologies and control techniques
• Experience with soft-switching and resonant topologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Power Electronics
• Magnetic component design experience
• Experience with automotive product development and qualification
• Experience with EMI noise mitigation
• Experience with GAN and SiC power components and high precision analog design

What you get (Benefits):

• Clarios is committed to offering a flexible work culture. We are open to remote opportunity with relevant experience.
• Health Insurance benefits including a wellness program to reduce costs eligible on Day 1
• Summer Work Hours
• Competitive 401k program
• Onsite Fitness Center & Cafeteria
• 10 Company Holidays + 3 Elective Holidays + Sick days + Vacation
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career development and learning
• Employee assistance program
• Growth and experience working inside the worlds largest battery company with relationships with nearly every OEM and Aftermarket brand in the markets where we operate