SMPS Senior Electronics Design Engineer (Ilfracombe, UK)

Industry: SMPS

Reference: BH-122

Location: Ilfracombe, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Employment type: Permanent

Head Of Desk Glane Raquidan

Phone +44 (0) 203 9 606393

Email [email protected]

Job description

SMPS Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Ilfracombe, UK

Overview

We’re looking for a well experienced, talented SMPS Senior Electronics Design Engineer to be part of a multinational electronic components manufacturer leading the world in magnetic technology in Devon, UK.

As a Senior Electronics Engineer, you will join our clients progressive and successful development organisation.  They have four teams of engineers developing a variety of power supplies and this vacancy is in their specialist power supply design team, where they design power supplies from 100w up to 20kw. 

We are looking for a Senior Electronics Design Engineer experience in leading the technical aspects of designing Switch Mode Power Supplies.  They have an ambitious schedule for introduction of their new range of power supplies and the successful applicant will be working in a dynamic and friendly team environment, focused on delivery of these products to manufacturing and the marketplace.  The technologies they are using are state of the art and technical performance of their products is key to their continuing success.

Key Responsibilities And Activities Include
  • Ability to design PSU from scratch inc magnetics design and PCB layout supervision

  • Ideally will be able to carry out control loop stabilisation, thermal management and EMC design and problem solving

  • Able to bring up new designs and devise test programs and carry them out.  Fault finding and diagnostic skills

Education And Experience Requirements
  • Relevant MSc / PhD in Electrical/Electronics Degree

  • 10 years in PSU design covering a variety of topologies including buck, boost, half or full bridge

  • Experience of contact cooling

  • Design of resonant power stages (LLC desirable and resonant stages desirable)

  • Design of PFC circuits. 

  • Must have designed magnetics for transformers and chokes

  • Good grounding in principles of PSU design

  • Preferable knowledge of digital control and software

  • Knowledge of available components, their performance and suppliers

  • Knowledge of PCB design rules and industry standards of workmanship

Features & Benefits
  • Friendly and professional office environment

  • Excellent salary, healthcare benefits, contributory pension

  • Generous relocation package offered

Personality
  • Able to work within a team but show leadership when required

  • Experience of leading smaller projects

  • Experience of working in a multi-site environment

  • Able to field and deal with customer enquiries

 

For interested applicants, kindly send your cv at [email protected]