Power Electronics Lead, NA Region

About the role

The Power Electronics Lead, NA Region role is part of Ricardo Automotive and Industrial, a global engineering services provider focusing on clean and efficient integrated propulsion and energy systems. This role involves building and leading a team in the US, collaborating with UK and Prague teams, and supporting the development of future power electronics technologies for automotive and broader applications.

Responsibilities

• Architect Power electronics projects from a budget, resource, technical, and stakeholder perspective.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify and create new service offerings in vehicle systems, particularly in fuel cell, hybrid vehicle, and autonomous vehicle technologies.
• Lead interfaces with multiple clients to identify potential needs and develop workable client solutions.
• Provide technical leadership in identifying and devising innovative solutions in engineering services.
• Identify, integrate, and standardize best practices for key technical deliverables such as modeling and technical analyses.
• Develop system requirements based on and traceable to customer requirements for mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.
• Utilize the system architecture provided by the core team to verify that the system requirements are met by the architecture.
• Update the system architecture as necessary.
• Document customer requirements using ALM tools.
• Manage and negotiate customer requirements, change requests, and unwritten expectations.
• Document the system architecture in a clear and understandable manner for electrical, mechanical, and software engineers.
• Have a deep understanding of power conversion electronics, including concept system and topology development for power conversion circuits.
• Support local engineers in a line management role.
• Manage appropriate parts of the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering / Software Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science or equivalent (Master’s preferred).
• Over 10 years of hands-on experience in the design, development, and delivery of automotive power electronics, covering inverters, DC/DC, power supplies, etc.
• Application experience with power switches including IGBT, MOSFET, SiC, GaN, etc.
• EMI and EMC experience.
• Embedded control hardware application (uP, DSP, FPGA) – coding not expected – including power supply, interfacing, and protection circuits.
• Demonstrable experience with typical power electronics simulation and analysis approaches and software packages.
• Experience of electronics manufacturing processes and new product introduction.
• Successfully delivered, from a lead position, at least two significant vehicle programs (commercially, technically, and on-time).
• Strong product development work content, timing, and deliverables knowledge.
• Understanding of customer needs, wants, and ensuring ongoing positive relationships.
• Experience in project leadership and managing programs involving multiple disciplines and departments, without direct reports.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and listening skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent time management and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle and maintain confidential information.
• Ability to work well with people, in a team environment, and communicate effectively both written and orally.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, matrix organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 10+ years professional systems engineering experience.
• Automotive component development experience.
• Able to dissect a system into logical components by function and/or feature.
• Able to identify critical interdependencies between systems and/or components.
• Experience with safety and/or ASPICE standards.
• Experience with Agile Development Processes.