Principal Power Electronics Engineer

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       Principal Power Electronics Engineer

• Architect & lead design, development, implementation, verification, validation & reliability growth of power electronics based systems & components as applied on downhole & surface equipment/tools as part of drilling, wireline, perforating technologies
• Develop common AC/DC and DC/DC converter topologies (buck, boost, buck-boost, fly-back, forward, half-bridge, full-bridge, etc.) & DC/AC 3-phase inverters to drive BLDC motors
• Design complete power electronics converter systems (active/passive component selection, input/output filter design, compensation circuit design, gate driver circuits, etc.) for  up to 3300Volt applications
• Develop specification & design of  magnetic components (power inductor, transformer) and BLDC Motors.
• Understanding of various motor control methods (Field Oriented/Trapezoidal) and its impact to the hardware design.
• Develop solutions with wide-bandgap power semiconductor devices (SiC MOSFETs) with full understanding of high-temperature characteristics
• Calculate device losses and develop specifications for  thermal management (heat sinks) for high-density power converters
• Develop schematic and support PCB design
• Develop layout of PCB’s  for high-frequency switching circuits minimizing EMI issues
• Lead  troubleshooting of power converter/inverter  boards
• Utilize commonly used circuit simulators (LTSPICE, PSPICE, etc.)
• Utilize  math tools (Matlab, MathCAD, etc.)
• Work with electrical systems, firmware and mechanical engineers to develop solutions as required for the product.
• Present in design reviews of internal developments and review third party designs
• Develop component qualification plans and lead execution of plans.
• Perform functional and qualification testing of the designed boards and sub-assemblies. Support functional testing for motor controllers on Hardware-in-the-loop simulator, dynamometers and on assembled tool.
• Document designs, specifications, test plans, revisions and produce test reports
• Present technical status, risk plans and reports to management
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to other personnel in the team in developing new approaches to solve problems.
• Prepared to work on several projects at a given time or highly complicated projects that require a creative team work. Work with cross-functional teams during product life-cycle
• Excellent organization, interpersonal, leadership, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Subject matter expert for Halliburton

A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering or similar discipline and a minimum of six years related experience are required for the position. A master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering with emphasis on power electronics and license/charter as a Professional Engineer are preferred.

Some travel may be required.

Higher positions may be considered for more qualified candidates.

Location

Sai Radhe Building 100 + 101 Kennedy Road, Pune, India

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