The Role
Leads power electronics hardware development from requirements and circuit simulation through prototyping, verification, validation, compliance testing, and product lifecycle management. Designs high-power converters and inverters, performs FMEA and reliability analysis, coordinates cross-functional milestones, manages documentation and engineering changes, researches scalable technology alternatives, and mentors power electronics engineers.
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Job Description:
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Define specifications and requirements for product hardware.
- Conduct hardware design and firmware control reviews with a focus on high-level system integration.
- Monitor development and create test plans to verify electrical, environmental, and functional compliance.
- Lead the design verification and validation tests and own the product life cycle.
- Perform FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) to evaluate reliability and ensure there are no safety or liability concerns related to the product.
- Coordinate and track product development milestones with the project manager and cross-functional teams (CFTs).
- Oversee DFX (Design for Excellence) updates, Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), and product life cycle management.
- Mentor the team on design to ensure that established technical standards are adhered to during product development.
- Research new development concepts to guide future product innovation.
- Identify cost-competitive technological alternatives that are suitable for scaling up.
- Validate design concepts through a combination of circuit simulations and prototyping.
- Prepare documentation, including bills of materials, circuit diagrams, simulations, design-related documents, and FMEAs.
Qualification Required:
- Bachelor/Master’s degree in Power Electronics with Minimum 6+ years of experience in design and development of converters/Inverters.
- Strong understanding of closed-loop control for power converters and compensator design.
- Experience with high-speed or high-power semiconductor devices, specifically power converter designs over 500kVA and in medium-voltage (up to 1.5kV) applications.
- Solid technical knowledge, competence, and system-level design experience.
- Proven track record of managing multiple power electronics projects involving analog and digital electronics as well as control circuitry.
- Experience in EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) filter design and product qualification/compliance testing.
- Familiarity with circuit simulation tools like SIMULINK.
- Skills in derating, FMEA, and reliability analysis.
- Excellent circuit debugging and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Experience in writing technical documents such as hardware requirements, product design specifications, test specifications, and board-level design details.
- Strong knowledge of component selection and system integration.
- Good communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
- Experience mentoring small teams with strong decision-making capabilities and the ability to work effectively in an agile product development model.
Ohmium is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Power Electronics
- Minimum 6 years of experience designing and developing converters and inverters
- Strong understanding of closed-loop control for power converters and compensator design
- Experience designing power converters over 500 kVA and medium-voltage applications up to 1.5 kV
- Experience with high-speed or high-power semiconductor devices
- System-level hardware design and integration experience
- Experience managing multiple power electronics projects involving analog, digital, and control circuitry
- Experience designing EMI filters and performing product qualification and compliance testing
- Familiarity with circuit simulation tools such as SIMULINK
- Skills in derating, FMEA, and reliability analysis
- Strong circuit debugging and troubleshooting capabilities
- Experience writing hardware requirements, product design specifications, test specifications, and board-level design documentation
- Strong knowledge of component selection and system integration
- English communication skills, spoken and written
- Experience mentoring small engineering teams
- Strong decision-making and ability to work in an agile product development environment
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The Company
What We Do
Ohmium's mission is to accelerate the adoption of green hydrogen to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors and enable a low-carbon future. Ohmium designs, manufactures and deploys modular, scalable proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer systems that enable cost-competitive green hydrogen production. Ohmium’s systems are vertically-stackable and integrate advanced power electronics, delivering superior value for a wide range of commercial and industrial applications in terms of safety, energy density, scalability and ramp rate. The human-scale electrolyzers are efficient to manufacture, quick to transport and easy to maintain. This versatility enables cost-effective plug-and-play operations that can scale rapidly. Ohmium has a global green hydrogen project pipeline across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Asia.
