Principal Engineer – Power Electronics Systems Engineering

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Changan UK R&D Centre Limited Full time

About the Role

Changan is undergoing a major transformation to electrify the powertrains of our passenger car business. The UK R&D Centre is at the forefront of this work to develop the future generation of electrified, connected, and intelligent powertrains. We are looking for an experienced Principal Engineer – Power Electronics Systems Engineering to join us.


Requirements

  • Strong numeracy and literacy
  • Five to ten years experience is required and preferably some of this will be in automotive
  • Good logical reasoning
  • Deep experience of Power Electronics ideally including Automotive Inverters
  • Knowledge of power electronic devices and how they are integrated into the HV electrical system
  • Experience of developing hardware to meet IEC 61508 (or domain specific variant, e.g. ISO 26262)
  • Experience of specification, development and test of power electronic device such as inverters
  • Experience of working with teams of engineers designing and testing power electronics
  • Evidence of achieving results through effective work against objectives
  • Good communication skills


Duties & Responsibilities

  • Lead the capture of requirements and support the development of power electronics hardware and software traction drive and power conversion systems
  • Lead/support the testing of power electronics hardware and software
  • Capturing and analysing requirements from different stakeholders
  • Disseminate requirements to appropriate teams for action
  • Support the development of electrical and electronics architecture for e-drive applications including HV harness and connectors schematics
  • Prepare/develop test plans and methods
  • Provide expertise for investigations and problem-solving activities
  • Lead the System DFMEA and support functional safety analysis
  • Ensure compliance with relevant EMC/EMI standards
  • Managing the technical delivery of suppliers


Other Features

  • Role based in UK with core CAUK team
  • Occasional travel to other CA sites including China on development trips and to visit suppliers is a requirement
  • Must be eligible to work in the UK with permanent visa or residence (candidates requiring visa sponsorship cannot be accepted for this role)


Package : Competitive salary package, negotiable dependant on experience/qualifications.



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