Senior Staff Power Electronics Engineer

Company Generac Power Systems

Name Senior Staff Power Electronics Engineer

Req # 64525

Employment Type Full Time

Shift 1st

Generac is seeking an industry leading power electronics system engineer to contribute to Generac’s home standby battery systems. As a member of our team, you will shape the direction of next generation renewable energy products at Generac. You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world’s energy infrastructure and thrive working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create new power electronic technologies that beat competing technologies on market in key metrics like efficiency, quiescent power, BOM cost, and reliability.

• Deep understanding of control theory and partnership with controls engineers to create best-in-class integrated converters/inverters.

• Directly impact product time to market with high internal visibility resulting in high risk, high reward scenarios.

• Excel at leading cross-functionally and across disciplines to solve design challenges and implement new processes.

• Drive deep collaboration with cross functional teams and advocate for a culture of inclusiveness and collaboration

• Hold a high bar for design review rigor and find new ways to “get it right the first time”

• Determine product needs and shape the product specification at a system level.

• Collaborate with software, firmware, and mechanical design engineers throughout the product life cycle (from product inception to manufacturing) to debug and improve products.

• Absorb product knowledge to the point of product expertise.

• Resolve show-stopping limiters at design pilot and full-blown production stages of product life cycle.

• Deep understanding of contract manufacturers, part vendors, and fabricators/assemblers capabilities and quality.

Minimal Qualifications:

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience including large volume (10k+) power electronic manufacturing

• 5+ years of experience leading PCB architectures that include mixed signals, UL 1998 safety critical devices, power electronics, and computing platforms

• 2+ years experience displaying industry leadership such as presenting at conferences, teaching at a university, or participating on a standards body (UL, IEEE, IPC...)

• Demonstrated excellence in communication

• Expert in Altium 365 schematic and layout design tools and processes including revision control, PLM management, and part library development

• Expert in circuit modeling using SPICE tool of choice

• Expert in PCB engineering such as DFM/DFT, fabrication and assembly technologies, strain/stress analysis, thermal management, connector/cable engineering, and EMI/EMC compliance

• Comprehensive knowledge of UL/IEEE/NFPA/ANSI standards

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or the equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability.

• Fluent in engineering first principles in firmware/software and mechanical design.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”