Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Senior Power Electronics Engineer

We seek a Senior Power Electronics Engineer based out of our office at 3800 Automation Avenue, Auburn Hills, MI 48326. This is a hybrid position involving working both from home and at the office address; therefore the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance. The position requires domestic and international travel up to 5% as needed.

Lead technology development and demonstration in the power electronics and adjacent spaces, supporting corporate initiatives and managing trends and technology roadmaps. Serve as a leader and individual contributor to primarily power electronics and power conversion projects, including design and development activities and analysis/studies to ensure Borg Warner is at the forefront of emerging and disruptive architectures, devices, and topologies. Conduct initiatives, studies, risk assessments as required for the corporation beyond the core area of focus, such as new products, technologies, markets, leveraging sound engineering principles and Borg Warner business metrics.

Represent the organization in cross‑enterprise activities and initiatives to ensure power electronics solutions leverage scale and commonization of design, control, certification, and validation. Perform simulation analysis and/or hands‑on physical testing of emerging technology from discrete devices and power modules to support componentry (gate drives, capacitors, etc.) all the way to product/system. Establish and maintain trend and roadmap documents, as well as strategic technical assessments of devices and architectures as they apply to current, emerging, and adjacent portfolio.

Communicate with internal customers (including executive leadership) and represent the organization publicly to customers, partners, and industry (trade shows, etc.). Mentor and guide engineers and interns, and teach and improve fundamental electrical and electronic operation, theory, and trade‑offs. Lead and support co‑development activities with outside partners (consultancies, universities, national laboratories, consortia). Objectively evaluate new technologies and new areas/applications.

Master’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and 180 months of experience in automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and/or Tier 1 suppliers and/or industrial and/or consumer electronics.

• Design and development of physical power electronics products, including schematic design, circuit simulation, component selection, specification of requirements and controls interfaces.
• Risk assessment and automotive functional safety requirements.
• Automotive power inverters, converters, from power devices to passive components.
• High‑voltage power topologies and components.
• High‑voltage vehicle systems.
• Magnetics design and analysis (isolated transformers, interleaved transformers, etc.).
• Automotive power electronics requirements (ISO 26262, AEC‑Qx, AUTOSAR, etc.).
• Controls and modelling tools (PSIM, PLECS, Spice, MATLAB/Simulink, etc.).

Employer:

Borg Warner Inc.
Job Site: 3800 Automation Avenue, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 48326.
40 hours per week.