Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Automotive Inverters

A senior engineering role with an automotive power electronics manufacturer that designs and builds motor control units (inverters) and IGBT and SiC power modules for battery electric and hybrid vehicles. Its customers are Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs across Europe, and the German R&D team works directly with them.

The role

• Owning inverter development across the whole product life cycle, working closely with European Tier 1 and OEM customers.
• Defining the technical roadmap for the next-generation inverter platform.
• Designing the hardware platform: control electronics, gate drives and power modules.
• Developing software features and control algorithms that improve performance.
• Applying automotive standards: AUTOSAR, ASPICE and functional safety to ISO 26262.
• Turning new ideas into research projects.
• Building and leading a team of engineers, with support, for someone who wants that step.

What is needed

• A master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering.
• More than five years in power electronics and electric motor control.
• A track record in model-based development, C/C++, UDS, INCA and Matlab/Simulink.
• Fluent English, and a strong sense of teamwork. German is an advantage, not a requirement.

The business moves quickly and works across teams in Germany and Asia. It suits an engineer who wants to build something and is comfortable making progress before every question is settled.

The role is office-based and needs an existing right to work in Germany: EU citizens, or holders of an EU Blue Card.