Principal Engineer

JOB TITLE: Principal Engineer

DEPARTMENT: Engineering

LOCATION: Littlehampton, UK

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes.  AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data centre computing and healthcare.  With engineering know-how and responsive service and support around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propel growth for its customers and innovate the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technology solutions to meet emerging/challenging customer requirements.


• Support new technology platform.


• Extend support to design teams on analysis and solution to complex control and hardware design issues.


• Design reviews


• Develop mathematical tools for power circuit and control design/iteration


•  Provide guidance and suggestion to improve efficiency, performance, reliability, cost during product development.


• Technical training to design teams

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics and Communications Engineering with more than 12 years’ experience (essential)


• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics and Communications Engineering with 7+ years’ experience  (desirable)


• PhD in Power electronics preferred (desirable)


• Knowledge in:
  
  
  
  • Power circuit, Analog and digital control design of single and three phase PFC, hard- switched, ZVS, resonant DC-DC converters
  
  
  • Modeling and analysis of control loops – Mathematical and simulation
  
  
  • Modelling, design and analysis of complex magnetic circuits
  
  
  • EMI filter design
  
  
  
  


• Keeps up to date with the latest developments in the industry i.e. Wide Band Gap devices - GaN and SiC


• Expertise in using PLECS, Simetrix/Simplis, Mathcad,Matlab, PSIM simulation tools


• High degree of mathematical ability


• Good verbal and written communication