Power Electronics Technology Leader

Mainstream Engineering•Rockledge, FL

About The Position

Mainstream Engineering is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to provide strategic direction and technological leadership for the Power Electronics Division. The Technology Leader will provide engineering expertise, mentorship, training, and guidance to power electronics engineers working on AC-DC, DC-DC, and DC-AC converters. Alongside power electronics design work, this senior technical expert will support the technical development of junior engineers and assist Human Resources with recruiting as the division grows. The role also involves supervising research and product development programs and leading efforts to identify new funding opportunities. The Power Electronics Division develops power electronics products and provides subsystem design support for thermal control and energy-conversion products. Its work includes wide-bandgap GaN and SiC semiconductor devices, analog printed circuit board design, control algorithm development, and implementing controls on commercial DSPs. The team designs and tests converters from 1 kW to 150 kW; high-speed motor drives from 10,000 rpm to over 150,000 rpm; digital control algorithms and filtering; power stages, sensor electronics, gate-drive circuits, and high-power semiconductor modules; printed circuit boards; and digital control systems using microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs.

Requirements

BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering are required.
Minimum GPA of 3.3 in all degree programs.
At least 5 years of experience.
Experience programming various microcontrollers and DSPs.
Experience designing motor drives and AC-DC, DC-DC, and DC-AC converters.
U.S. citizenship is required due to U.S. Government ITAR program restrictions.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic direction and technological leadership for the Power Electronics Division.
Provide engineering expertise, mentorship, training, and guidance to power electronics engineers.
Perform power electronics engineering design for AC-DC, DC-DC, and DC-AC converters.
Support the design and technical development of junior engineers.
Support Human Resources in recruiting power electronics engineers as needed.
Supervise research and product development programs.
Lead the team in seeking new funding opportunities.
Design and test power electronic converters from 1 kW to 150 kW.
Design and test high-speed motor drives operating from 10,000 rpm to over 150,000 rpm.
Design, implement, and test advanced digital control algorithms, digital filtering techniques, and controls for power electronic systems.
Design and test power stages, sensor electronics, and gate-drive circuits for SiC and GaN semiconductors.
Design and test high-power SiC and GaN semiconductor modules.
Design, lay out, fabricate, and test printed circuit boards.
Design, build, and test digital control systems using microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs.