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Vantage Consulting lists this Principle Engineer - Applications & Power opportunity in allentown, Pennsylvania. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Principal Engineer – Applications & Power Electronics
Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
We're working with an innovative semiconductor company developing power semiconductor solutions and are looking for a Principal Applications Engineer to join their team.
You will be working within a role focused on high-performance power conversion applications, liaising with customers and internal engineering teams. The successful candidate will contribute to design development, product evaluation, technical support, and product definition across a range of power electronics applications.
Key Responsibilities
Act as a technical expert supporting customers designing with advanced power semiconductor devices
Develop and support high-efficiency power conversion reference designs across applications such as: industrial motor drives and servo drives, power conversion systems, DC-DC power converters, and high-frequency AC-DC power conversion systems
Work extensively with a range of converter topologies
Perform power loss modelling, efficiency optimisation, thermal analysis, and system-level performance evaluation
Design and validate gate drive solutions for high-speed switching power devices
Support customer design reviews, troubleshooting activities, and application-level debugging
Create technical documentation
Provide technical support to internal applications and field engineering teams
Required Experience
Several years of experience designing SMPS, inverters, converters, or motor drive systems xavwley
Demonstrable experience with a range of power converter/inverter topologies
Expert understanding of power semiconductor devices, including silicon and/or wide-bandgap technologies such as SiC and GaN
Proficiency with power electronics simulation and modelling tools such as PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, SIMPLIS, or similar
Laboratory validation experience using oscilloscopes, power analysers, and switching characterisation equipment
Ability to work directly with customers and provide technical support
Worksite address
allentown, PA, 18103, US
Who can apply
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