Principal Power Electronics Engineer in Crawley

Location: Manor Royal Crawley, United Kingdom.

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems, Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

The Role

As a Principal Power Electronics Engineer, you will be expected to mentor and guide others in the design of electronic and electrical power systems that deliver world-class performance. You will be working and developing alongside a multi-disciplinary team of 35 Electronics Engineers, who are some of the most experienced in the industry. Your role will span the entire product lifecycle from design requirements capture and analysis through to defining the power architecture and designing, building, testing, and verifying that the solution meets the customer’s needs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing electrical power architectures to meet design requirements
• Leading in the design and prototype of power electronics circuits
• Using simulation tools to produce models of electronic and electrical power systems
• Leading component and sub-system selection and manage evaluation activities
• Defining testing, validation and debug of component and circuit assemblies
• Supporting integration testing
• Creation of power electronics specifications, development and verification plans
• Responsible for compliance to regulatory standards
• Contributing to bid and estimating activities

Skills, experience and knowledge required of the successful candidate:

• A relevant Engineering, Scientific or Numerate degree
• Experience with selection and evaluation of MOTs AD-DC and DC-DC converters
• Significant relevant experience of SMPS design
• Knowledge of electrical power systems and distribution, including: 600 VDC Single phase, 240 VAC Three phase, 400 VAC
• Knowledge of battery systems utilising lead acid or lithium batteries
• Experience of power filter design and implementation
• A solid understanding of thermal management techniques
• Proficient in simulation tools such as LTSpice, with experience in modelling converters
• Familiarity with regulatory standards for power electronics and safety certifications
• Understanding of principles for design for LVD & EMC Compliance
• Highly effective communicator within a diverse, professional environment
• Outstanding team working skills
• Experience of mentoring and coaching others

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of Military Vehicular GVA power architectures
• Experience in design of equipment for safety critical environments
• Chartership with a relevant professional Institution, eg IET, IEEE

Security Clearance statement

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries, our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.

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