Job Description for Principal Engineer – Power Hardware
Job Description:
This position has full ownership and responsibility for managing: New Product Development, Firmware and existing product VAVE projects for DC Power Business Unit.
Hardware design & development of rectifier product projects, creating timeline and, organizing collaborative meetings and ensuring project comply with specifications, timelines. Peer review project work for technical accuracy. Maintain knowledge of new trends, developments, technologies, materials and best practices; apply this knowledge to continually improve product line and production efficiency. Handle and solve market plus production problems. Perform other duties as assigned. Being part of Global Engineering Function, it is expected to follow the defined processes and adhere to defined communication plan.
Assisting the Testing consisting of High power tests of telecom and server power supply, NCU software testing, System integration testing, Thermal, EMI/EMC, Safety, Environmental, followed by Certification testing using external agency like UL, TUV or Intertek.
Coordination with Firmware team for development of software to meet the product specification.
Ownership of the project schedule and management of the resources assigned to the scheduled tasks.
10% domestic and international travel.
Job Specifications:
- PhD, Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years of experience in power electronics design & development is required
- Strong knowledge of power conversion design & manufacturing
- Good exposure of engineering theory & design criteria related to power conversion is required
- Experience in Industrial grade Rectifier or UPS product design, familiar with PFC, inverter circuit, buck, boost & LLC circuit principle & design, Magnetic design Required.
- Knowledge of Electronics Simulation software like PSIM, MATLAB etc , Hardware in Loop is required.
- Familiarity with control theory, analog, digital & electric plus Strong analytical & problem-solving skill required
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC testing and solution is added advantage
- Thorough understanding of applied maths & physics is plus
- Exposure of computer-aided drafting (CAD) software is added advantage
- Exposure to embedded software development is added advantage
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Self-motivated, capable of working with minimal supervision
- Excellent Interpersonal skills & ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken English
Skills Required
- PhD or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years experience in power electronics design and development
- Strong knowledge of power conversion design and manufacturing
- Good exposure to engineering theory and design criteria related to power conversion
- Experience in industrial-grade rectifier or UPS product design; familiarity with PFC, inverter, buck, boost and LLC circuit principles and design
- Magnetic design experience
- Experience with electronics simulation tools (PSIM, MATLAB) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
- Familiarity with control theory, analog and digital electronics; strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC testing and mitigation
- Thorough understanding of applied mathematics and physics
- Exposure to computer-aided drafting (CAD) software
- Exposure to embedded software/firmware development
- Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
- Excellent interpersonal and written and spoken English communication skills
What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
