WE Reference Design Development Engineer

About the role

Würth Elektronik, a key division of the privately-owned German conglomerate, Würth Group, operates with a workforce of over 8,000 individuals across fifty countries, focusing on high-quality electronic and electromechanical components for advancements in technologies like electric vehicles, 5G, and energy harvesting.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and document reference designs for new products by collaborating with customers, product management, and product definition engineers.
• Translate end application requirements to evaluation boards that demonstrate component performance under specific operating conditions.
• Create evaluation boards for reference designs using CAD tools for schematics, PCB layouts, and circuit simulation.
• Demonstrate test procedures and present results to customers.
• Collaborate with local laboratories and other Wurth locations to conduct EMI/EMC tests in accordance with standards such as IEC/EN61000, CISPR, and specific customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with CAD for mechanical or physical design, AutoCAD or other
• Proficiency with CAD for circuit design, LT Spice, Spice or other
• Proficiency with CAD for PCB design, Altium, Cadence, PADS, KiCad or other
• Working experience with oscilloscope, vector network analyzer, impedance analyzers, power electronics circuit measurements, efficiency, ripple current, transient response
• Working familiarity with test equipment for characterizing passive components
• Soldering and component replacement
• Troubleshooting hardware issues
• Personable interaction skills
• Written documentation skills
• BSEE or BSET degree or 5 years professional experience in electrical design and characterization

Pay

The position offers a full benefit package including medical, dental, vision, identity theft protection, legal services, a 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending accounts, and dependent day care accounts.

Schedule

The position is full-time and located in Plano, TX.