Description
Hybrid: This position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee's role enables them to work at a GM facility 1-3 days per week.
Responsible for power electronics component and high voltage bus analysis to support component design, system optimization, and validation requirements.
Key Responsibilities:

• Perform power electronics component and high voltage bus detailed design analyses to:
  
  • Optimize and define design and validation requirements
  • Predict inverter losses and heat rejection
  • Predict high voltage bus ripple and resonances to determine design and validation requirements
  • Assess the impact of control strategy on component design and validation
  • Assess the impact of design changes on component and system performance
• Analyze HTD, PTC, and Ripple rejection test data and compare to requirements
• Train and direct the work of analysis support team members in India
• Advance analysis capability to decrease the need for testing and align with company goals for increased virtualization.
• Develop and continuously improve standard work
• Support power electronics teams in all phases of program execution from concept to production
• Actively pursue cost reduction, size reduction and efficiency improvement
• Provide technical leadership in program product development teams pertaining to power inverters and high voltage bus
• Provide technical leadership in supplier assessment activities pertaining to power inverters and HV bus
• Provide technical leadership, engineering guidance, and mentoring to power electronics engineers to enable accurate and efficient execution of inverter programs
• Establish and maintain relationships with many cross functional teams such as: Advanced, Program, DRE, Validation, Calibration, and Controls engineering teams

Additional Description
Required Skills and Experience:

• M.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent with concentration in power electronics or power semiconductors
• 5 years of relevant work experience
• Extensive knowledge in power electronics theory and principles
• Extensive knowledge in design, development, and testing of power inverters and converters
• Experience in design for EMC in power electronics modules
• Understanding of electrified vehicle system and integration
• High level of technical problem-solving skills and experience in the production domain to address vehicle level issues
• High level of project management skills and the ability to influence those that are not direct reports
• High level of interpersonal skills to work cross functionally with multiple teams to drive work forward
• Power Electronics analysis, design, development, validation or release experience
• Ability to work non-standard hours to collaborate with an analysis support team overseas
• Ability to create and present information to leadership, peers, customers and suppliers in a clear and concise manner
• Fluency in using commercial tools for modeling and simulation of power electronics and electric drives (Ansys, Matlab, Simulink, Saber, INCA)
• Fluency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Ph.D. Degree with specialization in power electronics or power semiconductors
• 7 years of relevant work experience

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