Traction Inverter System, Staff Engineer

BorgWarner Advanced Engineering is looking for a Staff Engineer with deep skilled expertise in Traction Inverter system design, simulation, engineering innovation, and system architecture expertise. The position offers opportunities to develop next generation inverters and integrating other power conversion systems using next generation power switches, gate drivers, thermal management, capacitor, and controls. The position requires innovative system design approach and challenge the conventions in product design engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Passion for engineering with strong fundamentals in power conversion and system engineering
• Self-driven with curiosity for innovative engineering approach
• Must be able to lead a technically compelling research collaborations with academic and industry partners tailored towards BorgWarner product roadmap
• Deep expertise in power electronics using Si, SiC, and GaN semiconductor technologies
  • Strong knowledge with voltage source inverter (VSI), DC-DC converters, On-Board Charger (OBC) architectures for automotive applications.
  • Deep expertise in designing and architecting the gate driver circuities for Si-IGBT, SiC-MOSFET inverters as well as for converters using GaN-HEMT.
  • Knowledge of designing and sizing DC bulk and decoupling capacitors as well as X- and Y filter capacitors for variable frequency voltage source inverter.
  • Deep knowledge of circuit design and simulation, PCB layout and routing experience with CAD tools such as Altium and Allegro.
  • Should be able to develop Matlab/Simulink simulation models to assess the design for optimal electric power conversion performance and efficiency, as well as EMI/EMC constraints/limitations.
  • Excellent knowledge of high voltage electrical architecture implementation and design with first principles.
  • Excellent understanding of numerous inverter architectures (Current source, Multilevel) and application of the same to traction drive.
• Strong knowledge in controls software and system operations of power conversion systems (VSI, DC-DC, OBC etc.)
  • Excellent know how of field-oriented control (FOC) principles and the associated pulse width modulation techniques such as SVPWM, DPWM and six-step method for 2-level VSI architecture.
  • Good know how of DC-DC conversion principle and application specific knowledge.
  • Good understanding of OBC operational principle and application to different SAE (e.g. CCS1 and 2) protocols.
  • Basic know how of the electric vehicle supervisory controls, system integration techniques
  • Basic understanding of functional safety for electrical and control systems of high power and high voltage automotive propulsion applications.
• Should be able to work with automotive communication network (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet)
• Must be able to lead technically and provide guidance
• Must be able to develop innovative solutions and application-specific design
• Good written and oral skills to articulate complex engineering problems
• Must be able to work in a team environment in a cross functional discipline

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field required
  • Candidates with Master's or PhD degree preferred
• Experience in automotive industry preferred
• Understanding of following tools used in automotive applications
  • LT- and PSpice, Allegro, Altium, Vector tools
  • MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++
  • Microsoft Office

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