Electronics Design Engineer, Power Electronics (M/W/D) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

·        Designand development of digital and analog electronics for control of battery electronicsystems.

·        Collaborativework with mechanical, firmware, software, thermal design, manufacturing test,and system test engineers.

·        Startto finish ownership of control boards and other electronics – fromspecification to design, prototype, and manufacturing.

·        Collaborateon controller architectural decisions to drive robust system design.

·        Productlevel electrical design including component selection, branch circuit design,and insulation coordination.

·        Supportdesign reviews and DFMEAs.

·        BSor higher degree in Electrical Engineering.

·        4+years relevant work experience.

·        Experiencein selection and use of DSPs, microcontrollers, and programmable logic devices(FPGA/CPLD) and their peripheral circuitry.

·        Experiencedesigning digital communication busses (CAN, Automotive/Industrial Ethernet,RS-485, USB, SPI, I2C, etc.).

·        Experiencedesigning board level power supplies (buck, boost, flyback, etc.).

·        Experiencewith Altium or other schematic entry and PCB layout software.

·        Experiencein supervision of PCB layout, stack-up definition, and EMC optimization.

·        Hands-onexperience designing, building, and testing PCBs.

·        Proficiencywith basic EE tools (scopes, network analyzers, etc.)

·        Abilityto tackle problems and reason using a first principles approach.

PreferredSkills: 

·        Experienceusing LTspice, Python, and Matlab

·        Embeddedprogramming of DSPs, microcontrollers, and programmable logic devices(FPGA/CPLD) 

·        Familiarwith Hardware-in-the Loop (HIL) validation platform 

·        Experienceworking on high voltage, high power systems

·        Generalfamiliarity with basic control theory and digital implementation ofcontrols 

·        Experiencein obtaining product safety certification through an NRTL (e.g. UL, CE, CSA,CCC, etc.) 

·        Knowledgeof power semiconductors and switched mode power conversion 

·        Basicunderstanding of mechanical design fundamentals