Development Engineer Power Electronics (m/f/d)

Celeroton TurboCell is a Swiss based fast-growing technology leader developing and manufacturing high-speed turbo compressors and drive systems using gas bearings for fuel cell applications. The company is based in Volketswil and sells its products worldwide for a broad range of applications including automotive, stationary, marine and aerospace industry.

Your Tasks

• Development of power electronic inverter systems for the control of turbo compressors in fuel cell applications
• Definition of system architecture and functional partitioning of power electronic inverters, as well as development of associated cross-system functions and technologies, such as cooling and manufacturing concepts
• Alignment of technical specifications and coordination of system interfaces between the inverter, the electric motor and the turbo compressor in interdisciplinary development teams
• Performing power loss calculations and circuit optimizations
• Simulation of topologies and control loops using LT-Spice, Matlab, 2D FEM and other tools, circuit design and PCB layout design with Altium Designer
• Design and commissioning digital and analog circuits
• Definition of testing and validation requirements, as well as planning, execution, and evaluation of validation tests
• Product ownership and life-cycle management, including production support and quality control
• Supporting function in definition of functional safety implementation and strategy
• Contact person for customers (internal and external) in all technical matters

Our requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering (ETH/UNI/FH) or comparable education
• Experience as hardware developer in the field of power electronics
• Application knowledge in PCBA and CAD design tools, ideally Altium Designer and Autodesk Inventor
• Knowledge in system control and programming of microcontrollers (C) is beneficial
• Strong interpersonal skills, team spirit and creativity
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Good knowledge of German is a strong plus

A challenging position with a high degree of freedom and room for personal development is offered to a communicative, eager to learn and flexible personality.If you enjoy working in a team of specialists, appreciate a flat hierarchy and would like to help build an ambitious company in an industrial environment, we are looking forward to receive your complete application (CV, references and diplomas incl. grades). Direct applications are preferred.